John Brydges, Marquess of Carnarvon

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John Brydges, Marquess of Carnarvon (15 January 1703 – 7 April 1727), styled Viscount Wilton from 1714 to 1719, was an English Member of the British Parliament, heir apparent to the Duke of Chandos.

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John was the fourth, but eldest surviving son of James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos and his first wife Mary. He was educated at {{cite web | title=Brydges, John, Mq. of Carnarvon (1703-27) | publisher=History of Parliament Trust | url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/brydges-john-1703-27 | access-date=2012-02-19}}Westminster School, from which he graduated in 1718. Viscount Wilton, as he then was, matriculated at University of Oxford on 4 November 1719, from which he received a Doctor of Civil Law on 8 April 1721.{{alox2|title=Brydges, James, Marquis of Carnavon}} He also studied at Leyden that year. Carnarvon completed his education with a Grand Tour of Europe from 1721 to 1723.

After his return to England, he married Lady Catherine Tollemache, daughter of Lionel Tollemache, 3rd Earl of Dysart, on 1 September 1724. The couple had two children:{{cite book | first=George Frederick | last=Beltz | title=A review of the Chandos peerage case | publisher=Richard Bentley | location=London | year=1834 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BSE0AAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA5}}{{cite book | first=Arthur | last=Collins | title=The Peerage of England | publisher=W. Strahan, J. F and C. Rivington | page=[https://archive.org/details/peerageofengland01colliala/page/500 500] | location=London | year=1741 | url=https://archive.org/details/peerageofengland01colliala}}

• Lady Catherine Brydges (17 December 1725 – 16 May 1807), married first Capt. William Berkeley Lyon and second Edwyn Francis Stanhope, by the latter of whom she was mother of Sir Henry Edwyn Stanhope, 1st Baronet
• Lady Jane Brydges (28 April 1727 – 1 March 1776), married James Brydges of Pinner, without issue

Carnarvon was returned on his father's electoral interest for the constituency of Steyning in January 1726, at a by-election following the death of John Pepper MP. However, he died in April 1727 of smallpox. His place was filled by William Stanhope, lately Ambassador to Spain.