John LEMON^{[1, 2]}

1754 - 1814  (59 years)

• Name	John LEMON  [1, 2]
  Birth	6 Nov 1754	Truro, Cornwall, England
  Baptism	29 Nov 1754	Truro, Cornwall, England   [2]
  	Cornwall OPC, St Mary's
  Gender	Male
  Appointment	1 Dec 1776	London, London, England
  	Yesterday, Captain Lemon, brother to Sir William Lemon, Member for Cornwall, kissed the King's hand on being appointed Lieutenant-Colonel in the second regiment of guards (Horse Guards). - The Western Flying Post, 2 Dec 1776
  Residence	1787	Talland, Cornwall, England
  	Erected a small but extremely neat house in the cottage style and enclosed some ground round it by virtue of a grant from the Corporation. He gave it the name Polvellan and laid it out with great taste. - Thomas Bond, 1823. Historical Sketches of Looe
  Appointment	1804	London, London, England
  	Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty, Great Britain
  Death	5 Apr 1814	Talland, Cornwall, England
  	Polvellan Manor
  Burial	15 Apr 1814	Morval, Cornwall, England
  	Cornwall OPC
  Probate	5 May 1814	London, London, England
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  _WLNK	https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/lemon-john-1754-1814
  _WLNK	https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/11511556/polvellan-manor-8-page-stags-estate-agents
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  Person ID	I350076952090	Family History Group | Glenton Kerr, Lemon
  Last Modified	3 Feb 2025

  
  

  Father	William LEMON,   b. Abt. 1724, Gulval, Cornwall, England d. Oct 1757, Truro, Cornwall, England (Age ~ 33 years)
  Mother	Anne WILLYAMS,   b. 11 May 1728, St Mawgan, Cornwall, England d. 28 Sep 1761, Truro, Cornwall, England (Age 33 years)
  Marriage	23 Dec 1747	St Mawgan, Cornwall, England   [3]
  	Cornwall OPC, by license
  Family ID	F2489	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S_1092734984] Ancestry.com, England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 1556. [S_1092802445] Ancestry.com, England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S_1092802450] Ancestry.com, England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).