John was born in 1729 in England. John's father was John West and his mother was Charlotte MacCarthy. His paternal grandfather was John West and his paternal grandmother is Margaret Freeman. He was an only child. He died at the age of 48 on November 22nd, 1777.
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SOURCES: "Ancestors/Descendants of Royal Lines" (Contributors: Manuel Abranches de Soveral, Reynaud de Paysac, F.L. Jacquier <Justin Swanstrom>, H.R. Moser <Burke Peerage>, L. Orlandini, O.Guionneau, L.B. de Rouge, E. Polti, A.Terlinden <Genealogy of the existing British Peerage, 1842>, L. Gustavsson, C. Cheneaux, E. Lodge, and S. Bontron <Brian Tompsett>) http://geneastar.org.