Paternal Family Tree: Hoskyns
Before 23rd July 1634 [his father] Bennet Hoskyns 1st Baronet [aged 25] and [his mother] Anne Bingley were married.
On 23rd July 1634 John Hoskyns 2nd Baronet was born to Bennet Hoskyns 1st Baronet [aged 25] and Anne Bingley.
In or before 1675 John Hoskyns 2nd Baronet [aged 40] and Jane Lowe Lady Hoskyns were married.
In 1675 [his son] Bennet Hoskyns 3rd Baronet was born to John Hoskyns 2nd Baronet [aged 40] and [his wife] Jane Lowe Lady Hoskyns.
Around 1677 [his son] Hungerford Hoskyns 4th Baronet was born to John Hoskyns 2nd Baronet [aged 42] and [his wife] Jane Lowe Lady Hoskyns. He married November 1716 Mary Leigh Lady Hoskyns and had issue.
In 1680 [his father] Bennet Hoskyns 1st Baronet [aged 71] died. His son John [aged 45] succeeded 2nd Baronet Hoskyns of Harewood in Herefordshire. [his wife] Jane Lowe Lady Hoskyns by marriage Lady Hoskyns of Harewood in Herefordshire.
In 1682 John Hoskyns 2nd Baronet [aged 47] was elected President of the Royal Society.
John Evelyn's Diary. 30th November 1682. I was exceedingly endangered and importuned to stand the election, having so many voices, but by favour of my friends, and regard of my remote dwelling, and now frequent infirmities, I desired their suffrages might be transferred to Sir John Hoskins [aged 48], one of the Masters of Chancery; a most learned virtuoso as well as lawyer, who accordingly was elected.
In 1685 John Hoskyns 2nd Baronet [aged 50] was elected MP Herefordshire.
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On 12th September 1705 John Hoskyns 2nd Baronet [aged 71] died. He was buried in St Denis' Church, Harewood. His son Bennet [aged 30] succeeded 3rd Baronet Hoskyns of Harewood in Herefordshire
In 1724 [his former wife] Jane Lowe Lady Hoskyns died. She was buried in St Denis' Church, Harewood.
Grandfather: John Hoskyns of Hereford
father: Bennet Hoskyns 1st Baronet
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Moyle of Buckwell, Kent
Grandmother: Benedicta Moyle
Grandfather: John Bingley of Temple-Combe, Somerset
mother: Anne Bingley