John Blanch ( c. 1649 – 10 July 1725), of Wotton Court, near Gloucester and Eastington, [1] Gloucestershire, was a clothier and English politician.
His parentage is unknown. His first wife was Mary (d. 1686), daughter of Richard Cambridge of Woodchester, clothier, by whom he had a daughter Mary. [2] In 1688 he married Hannah, the daughter of William Mew, rector of Eastington. [3] His daughter Mary married Thomas Horton. [4]
He was a vociferous advocate for the local cloth trade, lobbying politicians and publishing a pamphlet The Interest of England Consider'd in an Essay Upon Wool (1694). [5] He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of Great Britain for Gloucester from 1710 to 1713. [5]