John Hanbury (1744–1784)

John Hanbury (6 August 1744 – 6 April 1784) was a British heir and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1766 to 1784.

His father, Capel Hanbury served as the Member of Parliament for Leominster.

His family was responsible for the industrialisation and urbanisation of the eastern valley through which runs the Afon Llwyd (in English "grey river") in Monmouthshire around Pontypool.

[1] Hanbury lived in the manor-house of Hoarstone in Pontypool Park (which now houses St. Alban's R.C.

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