Sir Edward Winnington, 2nd Baronet (14 November 1749 – 9 January 1805), of

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, was a

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baronet and politician. He was the eldest son of

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 ...

. His father arranged for George Butt to be his tutor and he accompanied him when he started at

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/ref> Winnington married Anne, daughter of Thomas, 1st Lord Foley, by whom he had five sons, of whom the eldest,

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, succeeded him. He was MP for Droitwich, Worcestershire between 1777 and 1805. He was elected a

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in January 1805 but had died the day before.

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