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[[File:Coryton arms.svg|thumb|200px|Arms of Coryton: ''Argent, a saltire sable'']]
'''Sir John Coryton, 1st Baronet''' (c. 1621 – 1680) was an English politician who sat in the [[House of Commons of England|House of Commons]] from 1660 to 1680.

Coryton was the son of [[William Coryton]], of West Newton Ferrers, [[St Mellion]], Cornwall by his wife Elizabeth Chichester, 3rd daughter of [[John Chichester (died 1586)|Sir John Chichester]] (died 1586) of [[Raleigh, Pilton|Raleigh]], Devon, [[Sheriff of Devon]] in 1585.<ref>Vivian, Lt.Col. J. L., (ed.) ''The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620'', Exeter, 1895, p. 174</ref>

He was baptised on 29 July 1621 at St Mellion. He was fined £297 in 1651. In 1660, he  was elected [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Callington (UK Parliament constituency)|Callington]] in a by-election to the [[Convention Parliament (1660)|Convention Parliament]]. In 1661 he was elected MP for [[Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency)|Cornwall]] in the [[Cavalier Parliament]].  He was created a [[Coryton baronets|baronet]] on  27 February 1662. In February 1679 he was elected MP for Callington again in the [[First Exclusion Parliament]]. He was elected MP for [[Launceston (UK Parliament constituency)|Launceston]] in August 1679 for the [[Second Exclusion Parliament]].<ref name=Cockayne>[https://archive.org/stream/cu31924092524390#page/n263/mode/2up  George Edward Cokayne ''Complete Baronetage, Volume 3'' 1900]</ref> 
 
He married twice, firstly on 27 December 1643 at [[Colebrooke, Devon|Colebrooke]], Devon, to Elizabeth Mills, daughter of John Mills of Colebrooke. She died on 27 September 1667 and was buried in Colebrooke Church, where her mural monument with Corinthian columns and scrollwork pediment survives.<ref>[[Nikolaus Pevsner|Pevsner, Nikolaus]] & Cherry, Bridget, The Buildings of England: Devon, London, 2004, p.276</ref> By Elizabeth he had two sons and two daughters. His second marriage, by licence dated 24 May 1680 was to Anne Wayte, a widow, of Acton in Middlesex.

Coryton died at the age of about 58 and was buried at St. Mellion on 23 August 1680.<ref name=Cockayne/> He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son [[Sir John Coryton, 2nd Baronet]] (1648–1690).<ref name=Cockayne/>

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| title=[[Member of Parliament]] for [[Callington (UK Parliament constituency)|Callington]] 
| before= [[Robert Rolle (died 1660)|Robert Rolle]]  
| before2= [[Edward Herle]]
| with= [[Robert Rolle (died 1660)|Robert Rolle]]
| with2= [[Sir Hugh Pollard, 2nd Baronet|Sir Hugh Pollard]]
| years=1660
| after= [[Allen Brodrick]]
| after2= [[Cyril Wyche|Sir Cyril Wyche]]
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| title=[[Member of Parliament]] for [[Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency)|Cornwall]] 
| before= [[Sir John Carew, 3rd Baronet]] 
| before2= [[Hugh Boscawen (1625–1701)|Hugh Boscawen]] 
| with= [[Sir Jonathan Trelawny, 2nd Baronet|Jonathan Trelawny]]
| years=1661–1679
| after= [[Francis Robartes]] 
| after2= [[Richard Edgcumbe (1640–1688)|Sir Richard Edgcumbe]]
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| title=[[Member of Parliament]] for [[Callington (UK Parliament constituency)|Callington]] 
| before=  [[Cyril Wyche|Sir Cyril Wyche]]
| before2= [[Samuel Rolle (died 1719)|Samuel Rolle]] 
| with= [[Samuel Rolle (died 1719)|Samuel Rolle]]
| years=1679
| after= [[Richard Carew (died 1691)|Richard Carew]]
| after2= [[William Trevisa]]
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| title=[[Member of Parliament]] for [[Launceston (UK Parliament constituency)|Launceston]] 
| before= [[Bernard Granville (MP died 1701)|Bernard Granville]]  
| before2= [[Charles Harbord (1596–1679)|Sir Charles Harbord]]
| with= [[Hugh Piper (MP)|Sir Hugh Piper]]
| years=1679–1680
| after= [[Charles Granville, 2nd Earl of Bath|Lord Lansdowne]]
| after2= [[Hugh Piper (MP)|Sir Hugh Piper]]
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