Sir Francis Whichcote, 3rd Baronet (c.1692-1775), of
Quy Hall,
Cambridgeshire
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and
Aswarby
Aswarby () is a village in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England.
It is south of Sleaford and east of the A15 road, between Sleaford and the point near Threekingham where it crosses the A52 road.
With the village of Swarby, ...
,
Lincolnshire
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, was an English politician who sat in the
House of Commons
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from 1718 to 1722.
Whichcote was the eldest surviving son of
Sir Paul Whichcote, 2nd Baronet and his wife Jane Gould, the daughter and coheiress of Sir Nicholas Gould, 1st Baronet. He was admitted at
St Catharine's College, Cambridge
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in 1708, at
Trinity Hall, Cambridge
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It is the fifth-oldest surviving college of the university, having been founded in 1350 by ...
in 1711 and at the
Inner Temple
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in 1714. In 1717, he married Mary Banks, the daughter of
Joseph Banks
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Banks made his name on the 1766 natural-history expedition to Newfoundland and Labrador. He took part in Captain James ...
of
Revesby Abbey
Revesby Abbey was a Cistercian monastery near the village of Revesby in Lincolnshire, England. The abbey was founded in 1143 by William de Roumare, Earl of Lincoln, and the first monks came from Rievaulx Abbey.
After the Dissolution of the Mon ...
, Lincolnshire. He succeeded his father in 1721, inheriting
Quy Hall, Cambridgeshire.
Whichcote was returned as
Member of Parliament
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for
Cambridgeshire
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at a by-election on 27 November 1718 and voted with the government. He was defeated at the 1722 general election, and did not stand again.
Whichcote sold
Quy Hall to
James Martin, MP and moved to live at Aswarby Hall, Lincolnshire. His wife Mary died on 9 September 1726. He married as his second wife in 1737, Frances Lady Hickman, widow of Sir Nevile Hickman, 4th Baronet of Gainsborough, Lincolnshire and daughter of Edward Hall.
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Whichcote died on 27 October 1775. He had two sons by his second wife and was succeeded by his eldest son, Sir Christopher Whichcote, 4th Baronet.][
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References
1692 births
1775 deaths
People from North Kesteven District
People from South Cambridgeshire District
Alumni of St Catharine's College, Cambridge
Alumni of Trinity Hall, Cambridge
British MPs 1715–1722
Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies
Baronets in the Baronetage of England
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