John Upton, 1st Viscount Templetown

John Henry Upton, 1st Viscount Templetown (8 November 1771 – 21 September 1846), styled The Honourable John Upton between 1776 and 1785 and known as The Lord Templetown between 1785 and 1806, was an Anglo-Irish politician.

Upton was the eldest legitimate son of Clotworthy Upton, 1st Baron Templetown, Clerk Comptroller to Augusta, Dowager Princess of Wales, by Elizabeth Boughton, daughter of Shuckburgh Boughton.

However, he was still able to stand for election to the British House of Commons and in 1802 he was returned to Parliament as one of two representatives for Bury St Edmunds.

[4] In 1806 he was created Viscount Templetown, in the County of Antrim, in the Irish peerage.

[4] Lord Templetown married Lady Mary Montagu, daughter of John Montagu, 5th Earl of Sandwich and Lady Mary Powlett, daughter and coheiress of Harry Powlett, 6th Duke of Bolton .

Arms of Upton, Viscount Templetown: Sable, a cross moline or [ 1 ] These are a differenced version of the arms of Upton of Upton in Cornwall, later of Lupton, Brixham in Devon [ 2 ]
Lady Mary Templetown (née Montagu) and Her Eldest Son, by Sir Thomas Lawrence 1802