John Martin (1692–1767)

John Martin (1692–1767) was a British banker and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1741 to 1747.

He bought Overbury Court in 1723 from the Parsons family and rebuilt the Elizabethan manor house in the Georgian style in 1740 after a disastrous fire.

[1] Martin stood for Parliament at Tewkesbury at the 1734 general election but was defeated.

[1] Martin married secondly Anna Kinloch, a widow and kinswoman of Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire on.

[1] His sons by his first wife John, Joseph and James were also elected to Parliament.