Background
He was the illegitimate son of Sir John Ingilby, 4th Baronet and educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge.
He was the illegitimate son of Sir John Ingilby, 4th Baronet and educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge.
Emmanuel College.
He was created a Baronet in 1781 and appointed High Sheriff of Yorkshire for 1781-1782. He was a Member (Member of Parliament) of the Parliament of Great Britain for East Retford from 1790 until 1796. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society as Sir John Ingilby, Baronet. of Ripley in Yorkshire and Princes Street, Hanover Square, London in 1793.
They had 11 children, of whom only one son survived, who succeeded him as Sir William Amcotts-Ingilby, 2nd Baronet.
Royal Society; 17th Parliament of Great Britain.