Sir John Skeffington, 2nd Baronet (c. 1590 – 19 November 1651) was an English landowner and politician, elected to the House of Commons in 1626.
He was fined a high sum for supporting the Royalist cause in the English Civil War.
Skeffington was the eldest son of Sir William Skeffington, 1st Baronet of Fisherwicke, Staffordshire, and his wife, Margaret Dering of Surrenden, near Lenham, Kent.
[1] He matriculated from Jesus College, Cambridge, in the spring of 1603 and was admitted to the Middle Temple on 30 October 1604.
He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War and was fined £1,152 in November 1650, which was reduced later to £961.