John Tufnell

John Joliffe Tufnell (1720–1794), was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1754 to 1761.

Tufnell was the son of Samuel Tufnell MP of Monken Hadley, Hertfordshire and Langleys, Essex and his wife Elizabeth Cressener, daughter of George Cressener of Earl's Colne, Essex and was born on 27 June 1720.

He entered Middle Temple in 1737 and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge in 1738.

[1] Tufnell succeeded his father on 28 December 1758, inheriting Langleys in Great Waltham, Essex.

He became one of the richest commoners in England, renting out property in Essex and the north.