John Brereton, 4th Baron Brereton

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John Brereton (1659?1718) was an English baron in the Peerage of Ireland .

Brereton Hall, the seat of the Brereton family.

He was born on 2 December 1659, the son of the William Brereton, 3rd Baron Brereton , and his wife Frances Willoughby. He lived at Brereton Hall near Sandbach , Cheshire . He inherited the Barony upon his father's death in 1679 and became a member of the House of Lords , but did not sit in James II 's parliament of 7 May 1689.

He married Mary (1655?1715) the youngest daughter of Sir Thomas Tipping of Wheatfield Park in Oxfordshire , but they had no children and he was succeeded by his brother, Francis Brereton, 5th Baron Brereton .

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Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Baron Brereton
1680?1718
Succeeded by