Entries for the tag ‘Aislabie, John (1670-1742)’
Son of George Aislabie (q.v.) and of Mary Mallory of Studley Royal (Ripon), free-ranging MP 1695-1721, as Chancellor of the Exchequer took bribes from the South Sea Company and was disgraced. 
- 9 March 1721: Thomas Brodrick tells Lord Middleton how John Aislabie, Ripon MP and Walpole’s chancellor, was sent to the Tower for taking bribes from the South Sea Company
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