John Conduitt (1688-1737) attended Trinity College, Cambridge and served as judge-advocate to the British forces in Portugal. He later become captain in a regiment of dragoons serving in Portugal. Conduitt married the niece of Sir Issac Newton, and later as a Whig MP he assisted Newton in his post as master of the Royal Mint before taking over this post after Newtons death.
As a parliamentary speaker, he introduced the bill for the repeal of the conjuration and witchcraft act which was successful one year before his death.
Reference:
Philip Carter, Conduitt, John (16881737), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/6061, accessed 29 June 2011].
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