John Lovelace, 2nd Baron Lovelace

John was born in Hurley, Berkshire the son of Richard Lovelace, 1st Baron Lovelace and his wife, Margaret, the daughter of London merchant William Dodworth, and educated at Christ Church, Oxford.

He was an ardent Royalist and was committed by the Parliamentarians to the Tower of London and made to pay a heavy fine of 18,373l.

After the restoration of the Monarchy, he was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire from 28 August 1660 to 25 November 1670.

His wife Anne, daughter of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Cleveland and Anne Crofts, succeeded her niece as 7th Baroness Wentworth, which after her death passed to their granddaughter Martha Johnson.

His daughter Dorothy Lovelace married Henry Drax (1641–1682), a plantation owner in Barbados.