Francis Winnington (1704 – c.1754) of

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was an English politician and barrister. Francis was the son of Francis Winnington of Broadway, the second son of

Sir Francis Winnington Sir Francis Winnington (7 November 1634 – 1 May 1700) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1677 and 1698. He became Solicitor-General to King Charles II. Biography Winnington entered t ...

. He matriculated at

Trinity College, Oxford (That which you wish to be secret, tell to nobody) , named_for = The Holy Trinity , established = , sister_college = Churchill College, Cambridge , president = Dame Hilary Boulding , location = Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3BH , coordinates ...

on 29 March 1721, at the age of 17, and was

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at the

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on 9 February 1728. From 1733 to 1747, he was

Solicitor to the Admiralty The Solicitor to the Admiralty was established in 1692 as the Solicitor for the Affairs of the Admiralty and Navy. In 1828 his responsibilities to the office were widened when the post was renamed as the Solicitor to the Admiralty. The Solicitor t ...

, before resigning the post to enter Parliament. He sat as MP for

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from 1747 to 1754. His marriage to Susannah Courtney or Courtenay left no children. His brother was Edward Winnington and his nephew

Sir Edward Winnington, 1st Baronet Sir Edward Winnington, 1st Baronet (c. 1728 – 9 December 1791) was the son of Edward Winnington of Broadway, son of Francis Winnington of Broadway, son of Sir Francis Winnington and younger brother of Francis Winnington. Upon the death of R ...

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* 1704 births 1750s deaths Alumni of Trinity College, Oxford Members of the Middle Temple Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies People from Wychavon (district) 18th-century English people British MPs 1747–1754 {{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub