Sir John D'Oyly, 6th Baronet

Sir John Hadley D'Oyly, 6th Baronet (January 1754, Ipswich – 5 January 1818, Kolkata) was a politician in Great Britain. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Ipswich from 1790 to 1796.

Sir

John Hadley D'Oyly, 6th Baronet
Member of the Great Britain Parliament
for Ipswich
In office
1790–1796
Serving with Charles Crickitt
Preceded by
  • William Middleton
  • Charles Crickitt
Succeeded by
Personal details
BornJanuary 1754
Ipswich, England
Died(1818-01-05)5 January 1818
Kolkata, India
Political partyWhig

Early life

His father, Hadley D'Oyly, was rector of Wotton and Felixstowe. His mother was Henrietta Maynard Osborne, daughter of Reverend Henry Osborne, the Vicar of Thaxted, Essex. His father died when John was ten years old, only leaving debt as a legacy. His mother educated him herself until through the influence of Charles Bunbury, John entered the service of the East India Company (EIC) in 1769 as a "writer", i.e. a junior clerical worker.[1]

Career with the East India Company

However John progressed, becoming a Persian translator in 1775 for the EIC Army, a mercantile factor in 1776, Sheriff of Kolkata for 1779. In this year he married Diana Rochfort, widow of William Cotes of Calcutta and was appointed Resident for Murshidabad, whilst also becoming first a junior merchant (1780) and then a senior merchant (1782) with the EIC. However in 1785 his wife became ill and he took his family back to England with him.[1]

Residency at Murshidabad

D'Oyly took over the residency at Murshidabad following the resignation of William Byam Martin in January 1780. He arrived that February with instructions from Warren Hastings, the Governor General of Bengal to encourage Mubarak Ali Khan, the Nawab of Bengal to adopt "effectual measures" to curb his spending which was greater than his income.[2]

Career in England

He returned return to England in 1785 as a nabob with a fortune of over £100,000. He used some of this to settle his father's debts.[1]

Return to India

His wife died on 6 September 1803, and John returned to India filling the post of collector of customs, at Kolkata. In 1807 he was appointed Postmaster General and salt agent for Bengal.[1] He died in 1818 and was buried in the South Park Street Cemetery in Kolkata, India.[3]

Arms
Coat of arms of Sir John D'Oyly, 6th Baronet
Crest
Out of a ducal coronet Or two wings erect Sable bezantée between which and resting on the strawberry leaf of the coronet an estoile of six points Argent.
Escutcheon
Gules three bucks' heads cabossed Argent.
Motto
Do Noe Ylle Quoth D'Oylle (Do No Ill, Quoth Doyle) [4]
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References
  1. Stokes, Winifred. "D'Oyly, Sir John Hadley, 6th Bt. (1754-1818), of D'Oyly Park, Hants". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  2. Burke, Edmund (2016). Speech in General 8th Day, Saturday June 14th, Impeachment of warren Hastings. Delphi Classics. ISBN 9781786560339.
  3. The South Park Street Cemetery, Calcutta, published by the Association for the Preservation of Historical Cemeteries in India, 5th ed., 2009
  4. Debrett's Peerage. 1985.
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
William Middleton and
Charles Crickitt		 Member of Parliament for Ipswich
1790–1796
With: Charles Crickitt		 Succeeded by
Sir Andrew Hamond, Bt. and
Charles Crickitt
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Hadley D'Oyly		 Baronet
(of Shottisham)
1764–1818		 Succeeded by
Charles D'Oyly
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