John Head (c. 1656–1711)[1] was an English politician from Hampstead Norreys in Berkshire who sat in the House of Commons of England from 1685 to 1689.
Whithed was elected in 1685 as a Member of Parliament for the borough of Stockbridge in Hampshire, where his family owned property including the manor of Lickpit.
[2] His family had risen from the yeomanry to gentry, and his descendants continued to rise in status.
Walter James Head changed his surname to James in 1778, was created a baronet in 1791, and in 1884 his grandson Walter James was elevated to the peerage as Baron Northbourne.
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