James Nelthorpe (MP for Tiverton)

In 1717 he acquired the manor of Lynford from Sir Charles Turner, 1st Baronet where he built Lynford Hall. Sir Robert Walpole often spent a night there on his way to Houghton.^[1]

Nelthorpe was returned as Member of Parliament for Tiverton, at a by election on 1 March 1728, probably on Walpole's recommendation. He voted consistently with the Administration, except when he was absent on the excise bill.^[1]

Nelthorpe died unmarried on 20 April 1734, after the dissolution of Parliament but shortly before the 1734 British general election. He left a natural son, James Nelthorpe, to the guardianship of Walpole. He was known as "Rugged Nelthorpe" because of his pride and ill-nature.^[1]