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Adolphus Oughton

Sir Adolphus Oughton, 1st Baronet

Sir Adolphus Oughton, 1st Baronet (c. 1685 – 4 September 1736), was a British politician.

Oughton was the son of Adolphus Oughton and Mary Samwell, daughter of Richard Samwell, of Upton, Northamptonshire. He sat as Member of Parliament for Coventry between 1715 and 1736. In 1718 he was created a Baronet, of Tetchbrook in the County of Warwick.

Oughton married his cousin, Frances Wagstaffe, daughter and heir of Sir Thomas Wagstaffe. They had no children. He died in September 1736 when the baronetcy became extinct.

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