Sir Humphrey Winch, 1st Baronet (3 January 1622 – December 1703) was an English politician who sat in the

House of Commons The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of these countries, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the nominally upper house of parliament. ...

between 1660 and 1689. Winch was the eldest son of Onslow Winch of

Everton, Bedfordshire Everton is a small rural village of about 200 dwellings (including outlying) and civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England about east of the county town of Bedford. Geography Everton is north-east of Sandy, ...

and his wife Judith Burgoyne, daughter of Roger Burgoyne of

Wroxall, Warwickshire Wroxall is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Beausale, Haseley, Honiley and Wroxall, in the Warwick district, in the county of Warwickshire, England. It is from Kenilworth, and from Coventry on the A4141 road. Accord ...

and his first wife Margaret Wendy, and sister of

Sir John Burgoyne, 1st Baronet Sir John Burgoyne, 1st Baronet (c. 1592–1657) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1645 to 1648. He supported the Parliamentarian cause in the English Civil War. Burgoyne was the son of Roger Burgoyne, of Sutton, B ...

. His other grandfather was Sir Humphrey Winch,

Lord Chief Justice of Ireland The Court of King's Bench (or Court of Queen's Bench during the reign of a Queen) was one of the senior courts of common law in Ireland. It was a mirror of the Court of King's Bench in England. The Lord Chief Justice was the most senior judge i ...

(died 1625).'Parishes: Tetworth', A History of the County of Huntingdon: Volume 2 (1932), pp. 370–374. Date accessed: 18 March 2011
/ref> Winch purchased the Hawnes estate (now known as

Haynes Park Haynes Park is a Georgian country house which stands in parkland at Haynes Church End, Bedfordshire, England. It is a Grade I listed building. Originally known as Hawnes Park it was built c.1725 for John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, a promine ...

) in

Bedfordshire Bedfordshire (; abbreviated Beds) is a ceremonial county in the East of England. The county has been administered by three unitary authorities, Borough of Bedford, Central Bedfordshire and Borough of Luton, since Bedfordshire County Council wa ...

in 1654John Burke, John Bernard Burke ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies''
/ref> and by 1659 had sold the manor of Everton which he had inherited from his father.

Career

In 1660, Winch was elected

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...

for

Bedford Bedford is a market town in Bedfordshire, England. At the 2011 Census, the population of the Bedford built-up area (including Biddenham and Kempston) was 106,940, making it the second-largest settlement in Bedfordshire, behind Luton, whilst ...

in the Convention Parliament. History of Parliament Online - Humphrey Winch
/ref> He was created a

baronet A baronet ( or ; abbreviated Bart or Bt) or the female equivalent, a baronetess (, , or ; abbreviation Btss), is the holder of a baronetcy, a hereditary title awarded by the British Crown. The title of baronet is mentioned as early as the 14th ...

of Hawnes in the County of Bedford on 9 June 1660. In 1661 he was elected MP for

in the

Cavalier Parliament The Cavalier Parliament of England lasted from 8 May 1661 until 24 January 1679. It was the longest English Parliament, and longer than any Great British or UK Parliament to date, enduring for nearly 18 years of the quarter-century reign of C ...

and sat until 1679. He was a diligent MP who sat on numerous committees in the Commons, and was regarded as a reliable supporter of the Crown. He sold the estate of Hawnes in 1667 to Sir George Carteret, Bt, and moved to

Harleyford Manor Harleyford Manor is a country house near Marlow in Buckinghamshire. The house is listed Grade I on the National Heritage List for England, and its gardens are also listed Grade II on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. The urn to th ...

, near

Great Marlow Great Marlow is a civil parishes in England, civil parish within Wycombe district in the England, English county of Buckinghamshire, lying north of the town of Marlow, Buckinghamshire, Marlow and south of High Wycombe. The parish includes the Ha ...

. He was MP for

from 1679 to 1681 and from 1685 to 1689. He was a

Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty The Board of Admiralty (1628–1964) was established in 1628 when Charles I put the office of Lord High Admiral into commission. As that position was not always occupied, the purpose was to enable management of the day-to-day operational requi ...

between 1679 and 1684. Winch died at the age of 81.

Family

Winch married Rebecca Browne, daughter of Alderman Martin Browne of London. He had at least three daughters: Judith, who married

Sir Humphrey Forster, 2nd Baronet Sir Humphrey Forster, 2nd Baronet (c. 1649 – December 1711) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1677 and 1695. Forster was the son of William Forster of Aldermaston House and his wife Elizabeth T ...

, Rebecca, who married

Sir Thomas Lawley, 3rd Baronet Sir Thomas Lawley, 3rd Baronet (ca. 1650–1729) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1684 to 1689. Lawley was the son of Sir Francis Lawley, 2nd Baronet and his wife Anne Whitmore, daughter of Sir Thomas Whitmore, ...

, and Mary, who married Francis Bickley, 3rd Baronet, but no sons, and the title became extinct on his death in 1703, although it was erroneously assumed by his nephew, Humphrey Winch, of Branston,

Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-west, Leicestershire ...

. He had settled his Lincolnshire estates on his brother Richard. His descendants through his grandson Sir Robert Lawley gained the title

Baron Wenlock Baron Wenlock is a title that has been created three times, once in the Peerage of England and twice in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The first creation came in 1461 when the soldier Sir John Wenlock was summoned to Parliament as Lord Wen ...

. His widow died in 1713: her

manuscript A manuscript (abbreviated MS for singular and MSS for plural) was, traditionally, any document written by hand – or, once practical typewriters became available, typewritten – as opposed to mechanically printing, printed or repr ...

book of family recipes and herbal remedies has survived. It contains some useful information on the family's history, such as the early death of nearly all her Lawley grandchildren: of fourteen children of Sir Thomas Lawley and Rebecca, only three reached adulthood. One of the three surviving children, Elizabeth, was through her second marriage to Sir

Nicholas Lawes Sir Nicholas Lawes (1652 – 18 June 1731) (sometimes "'Laws'" in contemporary documents) was Governor of Jamaica from 1718 to 1722. Early life Nicholas Lawes was born in 1652 to Nicholas and Amy Lawes. Knighthood He was a British kni ...

Governor of Jamaica This is a list of viceroys in Jamaica from its initial occupation by Spain in 1509, to its independence from the United Kingdom in 1962. For a list of viceroys after independence, see Governor-General of Jamaica. For context, see History of Jamai ...

, the ancestor of

Anne, Duchess of Cumberland and Strathearn Anne, Duchess of Cumberland and Strathearn ( née Luttrell, later Horton; 24 January 1743 – 28 December 1808) was a member of the British royal family, the wife of Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn. Her sister was Lady Elizab ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Winch, Humphrey 1622 births 1703 deaths People from Bedford English MPs 1660 English MPs 1661–1679 English MPs 1679 English MPs 1680–1681 English MPs 1681 English MPs 1685–1687 Baronets in the Baronetage of England Lords of the Admiralty