Background
He was the son of Philip Jennings of Duddleston Hall, Shropshire, and was baptised Philip Jennings. He married Anne, daughter of Colonel Richard Thompson.
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Philip Jennings
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Around 1770 he bought a lodge now known as Foxlease, just outside Lyndhurst, Hampshire, and converted it into a grand, two-storey mansion. He was created 1st Baronet Jennings-Clerke of Duddlestone Hall on 26 October 1774. His only remaining son, Sir Charles Philip Jennings survived him by only a few months, whereupon the baronetcy became extinct.
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12th Parliament of Great Britain. 13th Parliament of Great Britain. 14th Parliament of Great Britain]
He was a Member of Parliament for Totnes between 1768 and 1788.
