Sir Abraham Elton, 1st Baronet, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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British businessman, mayor of Bristol and politician, 1654-1728
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About Sir Abraham Elton, 1st Baronet
- Sir Abraham Elton, 1st Baronet (1654 – 9 February 1728), of Clevedon Court and Whitestaunton, Somerset, was an English politician.He was born the eldest son of Isaac Elton of St.
- Philip’s and St.
- Jacob’s, Barton Regis, Bristol. He was elected Mayor of Bristol for 1710–11, pricked High Sheriff of Gloucestershire for 1715–16 and created a baronet in the following year.
- He was elected Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Bristol for 1722–1727. Elton died in 1728.
- He had married Mary, the daughter of Robert Jefferies of Pile Green, Gloucestershire, with whom he had 3 sons and a daughter.
- He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son Abraham
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