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Sir John Coryton, 4th Baronet (c. 1690 – 22 May 1739) was a British landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1713 and 1734.

Coryton was born at Greenwich, the only son of Sir William Coryton, 3rd Baronet and his wife Susanna Littleton, daughter of Edward Littleton MP of Pillaton, Staffordshire. He was educated at Rugby School from 1698 and matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 14 October 1708, aged 18. He succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his father on 6 December 1711. He married Rachel Helyar, daughter of William Helyar of East Coker, Somerset on 31 October 1715.

Coryton was returned as a Tory Member of Parliament for Callington in the general elections of 1713 and 1715. He did not stand in the 1722 general election, but was returned as MP for Callington again in 1727. He did not stand in 1734 as Walpole had bought him out of the seat.

Coryton died on 22 May 1739. He had no children and the baronetcy became extinct.

References

1. "'Colericke-Coverley', in Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, ed. Joseph Foster (Oxford, 1891), pp. 304-337. British History Online". Retrieved 24 August 2018.
2. ^ "CORYTON, Sir John, 4th Bt. (?1690-1739), of West Newton Ferrers, nr. Callington, Cornw". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
3. John Burke (1836). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland Enjoying Territorial Possessions Or High Official Rank. Henry Colburn. p. 233. Retrieved 24 August 2018.

• 1690s births
• 1739 deaths
• People educated at Rugby School
• Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford
• British MPs 1710–1713
• British MPs 1713–1715
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• British MPs 1727–1734
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• Politicians from Cornwall