Sir Charles Wolseley, 2nd Baronet (c. 1630 – 9 October 1714), of Wolseley in

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, was an

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politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1653 and 1660. He held high office during the

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Life

Wolseley was the eldest son of Sir Robert Wolseley, who had been created a baronet by

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in 1628, and succeeded to the baronetcy on 21 September 1646. He entered

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for

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in the nominated

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of 1653, and on the establishment of the

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later the same year was appointed to the Council of State. He was subsequently elected for

in the

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and

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in the Convention Parliament of 1660, and was pardoned at the

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. Thereafter he retired from public life, but published a number of pamphlets on ecclesiastical matters. In 1685, Wolseley was arrested on suspicion of complicity in Monmouth's Rebellion, but was subsequently released. He was buried in

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, and, unlike many of his contemporaries, not disinterred after the reformation.

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describes his earthen grave in the southern portion of the Montpensier chapel.

Family

Wolseley married Ann Fiennes, youngest daughter of William, Viscount Saye and Sele and his wife Elizabeth Temple. They had seven sons and ten daughters: *

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(died 1697), Envoy-Extraordinary to the Governor General of the

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, died unmarried * Charles Wolseley, died without issue * Fiennes Wolseley, died young *

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(c. 1660–1728), who as the oldest surviving son succeeded his father *

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(died 1730) * Captain Richard Wolseley, father of

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* James Wolseley * Elizabeth, who married Robert Somervile and was the mother of the poet

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* Mary, who married Richard Edwards * Anne, who married John Berry * Dorothy * Bridget * Penelope, died young * Susan, who married Charles Wedgwood * Penelope * Frances * Constance

References

* Concise Dictionary of National Biography (1930) *

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and Richard Johnson, ''The Baronetage of England'' (London, 1771

* Mark Noble (biographer), Mark Noble, ''Memoirs of several persons and families... allied to or descended from... the Protectorate-House of Cromwell'' (Birmingham: Pearson & Rollason, 1784

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