Sir Jeremy Whichcote, 1st Baronet (c. 1614–1677), was an English barrister and Solicitor-General to the

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. He was the owner of the manor of Totteridge in north London.

Early life and education

Jeremy Whichcote was born around 1614. He was a barrister-at-law and Solicitor-General to the

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,Hendon School.
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. He was brother to

Benjamin Whichcote Benjamin Whichcote (4 May 1609 – May 1683) was an English Establishment and Puritan divine, Provost of King's College, Cambridge and leader of the Cambridge Platonists. He held that man is the "child of reason" and so not completely deprave ...

and Elizabeth Foxcroft, mother of

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. Whichcote bought the post of Warden of Fleet Prison and, during

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' He was created a baronet on 2 April 1660 to reward him for his services to the exiled King Charles II.)

Hendon and Totteridge

Whichcote was resident at Hendon House, in the grounds of which

Hendon School Hendon School is a mixed secondary school in Golders Rise, Hendon, with academy status since November 2011 (previously a comprehensive) in the London Borough of Barnet. It specialises in languages, offering lessons amongst others to its student ...

now stands, until his death in 1677. He was the owner of the manor of Totteridge in north London.

Death

Whichcote died in 1677 and is buried at St Mary's Church, Hendon.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Whichcote, Jeremy 1614 births 1677 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of England Lords of the Manor of Totteridge English barristers