Edward Winnington, 1st Baronet
Sir Edward Winnington, 1st Baronet (around 1727 - December 9, 1791 ) was a British politician.
Life
He was the eldest son of Edward Winnington and his wife Sophia Boats. Francis Winnington MP was his uncle. Edward Winnington attended Eton College and then Trinity College at the University of Oxford .
He owned substantial land in Borough Bewdley and competed with the Lyttelton family for political supremacy in that constituency. In 1748 he ran unsuccessfully in a by-election of Borough Bewdley for the House of Commons . He did not run for the general election in 1754 and in the by-election of 1755 he withdrew his candidacy in favor of a compromise candidate named by King George II . On February 15, 1755, the king bestowed on him the hereditary title of Baronet , of Stanford Court in the County of Worcester . In the general election of 1761 he was finally elected unopposed as MP for Bewdley in the House of Commons and belonged to this until he was defeated in the general election of 1768. Then he succeeded by a petition on January 25, 1769 to move back into the House of Commons. His mandate ended with the general election of 1774, in which he decided not to run again.
On August 14, 1748, he married Mary Ingram. The marriage produced a son, Edward . This succeeded him in 1791 as 2nd baronet.
literature
- John Brooke: Winnington, Sir Edward, 1st Bt. (? 1727-91), of Stanford Court, Worcs . In: Lewis Namier , John Brooke (Eds.): The History of Parliament. The House of Commons 1754-1790. HMSO, London 1964, ISBN 0436304201 .
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c John Debrett, William Courthope: Debrett's Baronetage of England. Rivington, London 1835, p. 175.
- ^ Rosemarie McGerr: A Lancastrian Mirror for Princes: The Yale Law School New Statutes of England. Indiana University Press, Bloomington 2011, ISBN 0-2530-0198-6 .
- ^ A b Baronetage: Winnington of Stanford Court, Worcs. at Leigh Rayment's Peerage
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| New title created | Baronet, of Stanford Court 1755-1791 |
Edward Winnington |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Winnington, Edward, 1st Baronet |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Winnington, Edward |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1727 |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 9, 1791 |