Fownes Luttrell was the oldest son of Henry Fownes Luttrell I (formerly Henry Fownes, c 1722–1780). His mother Margaret was the daughter of Alexander Luttrell (1705–1737), who had bequeathed his estates to Margaret on condition that her husband take the surname Luttrell. In 1782 Fownes Luttrell married Mary Drewe, daughter of Francis Drewe of The Grange, Devon.
Eton College; The Queen"s College.
He sat in the House of Commons of Great Britain and then in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1774 until his death, except for a few months in 1806-1807. John Fownes Luttrell (1787–1857), Member of Parliament for Minehead
Henry Fownes Luttrell (1790–1867), Member of Parliament for Minehead
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The borough"s second seat was held by his father, who had secured Lord North"s support for unopposed Luttrell patronage of the borough with an expectation that one candidate would be a North nominee. Henry Fownes Luttrell therefore promptly vacated his seat in favour of North"s candidate, former Governor Thomas Pownall.
John then succeeded his father and continued the practice of returning himself and a purchaser, until a vacancy arose in 1795 when Viscount Parker succeeded to the peerage.
However, John"s "overbearing" conduct led to a contest at the 1796 general election, when Thomas was defeated by the London banker John Langston, who had purchased land in the borough. Fownes Luttrell"s allies in Minehead then planned the eviction of tenants who had failed to support the family, but Langston persisted and contested the seat again in 1802, but was defeated.
An election petition was prepared, but after prolonged negotiations a deal was reached whereby the petition was dropped and Fownes Luttrell purchased all of Langston"s property in the borough. Lethbridge soon resigned the seat, and Fownes Luttrell was returned unopposed at a by-election in January 1807.
At the general election in May 1807 there was a challenge from Thomas Bowes, brother of the Earl of Strathmore.
However Bowes withdrew part way through polling, There were no further contests in the borough until it was disenfranchised under the Reform Acting 1832. They sat together until the father"s death in 1816, when his seat was taken by the second son, Henry.
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Like many previous generations of Luttrells since the 16th century, he was a Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Minehead, his family"s pocket borough near Dunster. At the 1774 general election, Fownes Luttrell was elected as one of the two Members of Parliament (MPs) for Minehead, his family"s pocket borough.
