Sir John Peachey, 2nd Baronet

Sir John Peachey, 2nd Baronet (c. 1680 – 9 April 1744), of West Dean, Sussex, was a British landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1738 to 1744.

He succeeded his brother Sir Henry Peachey, 1st Baronet in the baronetcy on 23 August 1737.

At the 1741 British general election he was invited by the Tories to stand for Sussex but declined, remaining at Midhurst where he was successfully returned.

His only vote was with the Opposition on the chairman of the elections committee on 16 December 1741.

[3] Peachey died on 9 April 1744, aged 64, leaving two sons and three daughters:

West Dean House, the seat of the Peachey family