John Lely (b. 1674) was the son of Sir Peter Lely, the portrait painter and art collector, and his common-law wife Ursula. John married the daughter of Sir John Knatchbull.
Reference:
Diana Dethloff, ‘Lely, Sir Peter (1618–1680)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, (Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2009 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/16419 [accessed 28 May 2015]).
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