John SALUSBURY

1707 - 1762  (55 years)

• Name	John SALUSBURY
  Birth	1 May 1707	Lleweni Hall, Denbigh, Denbighshire, Wales
  Gender	Male
  Physical Description	The disruptive member of the family, Indolent, overbearing, full of complaint, and quick to take offense. His fouled temper soon became a torment to others. He was critical of his daughter. He quarreled with his wife (though he adored her and she him). he argued incessantly with his brother, a year his junior.  [1]
  Education	Middle Temple, City of London, London
  Property	From 1714	Bach-y-Craig, Denbighshire, Wales
  	Inherited on the death of his father
  School	Abt 1715	Shrewsbury School, Shropshire, England
  Education	1722	St John’s College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
  	Matriculated.
  Employment	Denbigh, Denbighshire, Wales
  	Magistrate
  Godparent / sponsor	John Salusbury's patron, was George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax.
  Land	1745	Lleweni Hall, Denbigh, Denbighshire, Wales
  	Family estate inherited on the death of his mother.
  Land	1745	Bachymbyd Hall, Denbighshire, Wales
  	Family estate inherited on the death of his mother.
  Occupation	From 1749 to 1750	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
  	Appointed to the Nova Scotia Council in 1750, serving as a member of the governing body for the new colony. Salusbury also held the positions of register and receiver of rents. His duties likely included record-keeping, managing land grants, and participating in colonial governance decisions. As a Council member, he would have been involved in discussions and policies affecting the growth and management of the new settlement.
  Occupation	From 1753 to 1754	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
  Death	2 Nov 1762	Lleweni Hall, Denbigh, Denbighshire, Wales
  Note	17 Sep 1803  [2]
  	A new vault has been constructed under the Altar at Dymerchion for his and my last cold Residence, & narrow Apartment—Poor dear old Lucy Salusbury my admirable Progenetrix & Mother to my Father Was found crumbling in Dust; her Skull only whole, & the Black Ribbon pinned round it, that I suppose bound her head in its last Agony —There was no Act then extant for burying in Woollen. My Father being wrapt in Lead was easily discerned from his Brothers, & dear Mama—as he called her to the Last—They had never found Money to make themselves a Vault, so their poor Bones have been gathered up now by Mr Piozzi, and placed decently in our new Repository, where ours will shortly accompany them no doubt: to the great Joy of all my Daughters who really have now waited my Death so long—They are justified in their Impatience. New Pulpit Cloths—new Reading Desk Bible & Surplices—& a new Brass Chandelier—in Lieu of a Wooden one—are among my present Master’s Donations—beside Slating & Glazing & painting & Whitewashing: & what our Curate Mr Roberts prefers to all—Enlarging his little Church in the Gallery-Part—& we will put up the old curious Cross wch some fools pulled away 40 Years ago— & make all smart and handsome. Hester Lynch Thrale
  Burial	St Beuno’s Church, Clynnog Fawr, Caernarvonshire, Wales
  Notes	John Salusbury appears in the background of Zoffany's painting of his widow.
  Person ID	I425	UK Thrale family
  Last Modified	31 Oct 2024

  
  

  Father	Thomas SALUSBURY   d. 1714
  Mother	Lucy SALUSBURY   d. 1745
  Residence	Bach-y-Craig, Denbighshire, Wales   [1]
  	The Salusbury family property
  Notes	With Lucy Salusbury at Bach-Y-Graig, was her youngest son, Harry, whom an early accident had rendered something of an idiot, so John was financially responsible for him It is unclear if 'Harry' is the diminutive name for Henry, as William was younger than him, or whether 'Harry' was a further son born after William, who is not yet documented in this genealogy? [1]
  Family ID	F210	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hester Maria COTTON,   b. 1707, Tremeirchion, Flintshire, Wales d. 18 Jun 1773, Streatham Park, Streatham, Surrey, England (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	1738	Saint Pauls Cathedral, Middlesex, England   [1]
  Residence	Aft 1738	Bodvel, Caernarvonshire, Wales   [1]
  	Bodvell Hall
  Note	16 Jan 1741
  	Hester Maria's daughter Hester Lynch Salusbury was the first surviving child. There were 2 or 3 earlier non-surviving babies.
  Residence	From 1747	Offley, Hertfordshire, England
  Residence	From 1747	24 Dean Street, Middlesex, England
  Notes	Hester Maria's brother, Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, sought to protect his sister Hester Maria from her husband John Salusbury. John Salusbury had squandered his own money and was starting to dip into his sister's money. Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton offered his sister Hester Maria and daughter Hester Lynch the use of his London home in Albermarle Street if they would make a break from him. Sir Robert also intended to change his will leaving his estate to Hester Lynch, but he died before his Will was changed. Hester Lynch Thrale née Salusbury later wrote … At which period we left Wales and came to my uncle's house in Albemarle Street, where he told my mother he should follow in less than 2 months; make a new will, and leave poor Fiddle 10,000. … I fancy some rough words passed concerning this by my uncle certainly but ill-brooked my father's pride, and he still less willingly endured being informed that, if his quality friends would provide him some distant establishment, my mother and myself should share the old baronet's fortune. John Salusbury and Hester Maria were distant cousins.
  Children	1. Frances SALUSBURY + 2. Hester Lynch SALUSBURY,   b. 16 Jan 1741, Bodvel, Caernarvonshire, Wales d. 2 May 1821, Clifton, Gloucestershire, England (Age 80 years)  [Father: Adopted]  [Mother: Adopted] m. Henry THRALE, M.P. (1763), Gabriel Mario PIOZZI (1784)
  Family ID	F53	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Oct 2024

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1 May 1707 - Lleweni Hall, Denbigh, Denbighshire, Wales Property - Inherited on the death of his father - From 1714 - Bach-y-Craig, Denbighshire, Wales Employment - Magistrate - - Denbigh, Denbighshire, Wales Marriage - 1738 - Saint Pauls Cathedral, Middlesex, England Residence - Bodvell Hall - Aft 1738 - Bodvel, Caernarvonshire, Wales Land - Family estate inherited on the death of his mother. - 1745 - Lleweni Hall, Denbigh, Denbighshire, Wales Land - Family estate inherited on the death of his mother. - 1745 - Bachymbyd Hall, Denbighshire, Wales Residence - From 1747 - Offley, Hertfordshire, England Residence - From 1747 - 24 Dean Street, Middlesex, England Death - 2 Nov 1762 - Lleweni Hall, Denbigh, Denbighshire, Wales  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S39] Mary Hyde, The Thrales of Streatham Park, (Harvard University Press 1977), 2. [S40] Editor: Katherine C Balderston, Thraliana, (Oxford University Press 1951).