Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, 6th Baronet (1692–1754), of

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, Yorkshire, was a British landowner and politician who sat in the

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briefly from 1727 to 1728. Wyvill was the son of

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MP of Constable Burton, Yorkshire, and his wife Henrietta Maria Yarburgh, daughter of Sir Thomas Yarburgh of Balne Hall and Snaith, Yorkshire. He married Carey Coke, daughter of Edward Coke of Holkham, Norfolk in 1716. Wyvill stood unsuccessfully for

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in 1713 and

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. At the

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he was forbidden by his father to stand because Lord Sunderland disapproved. He succeeded his father to the

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on 2 November1722. He was finally elected for Richmond at the

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with Charles Bathurst. Their friend the mayor, who was returning officer, allowed a large number of unqualified persons to vote for them. On petition the seats were awarded to their opponents on 14 March 1728. In 1736, Wyvill's brother-in-law, Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester, the English postmaster general, appointed him postmaster general of Ireland, which disqualified him from sitting in the House of Commons. He was elected a

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in 1735. Wyvill died without issue on 27 December 1754. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his nephew Marmaduke Asty Wyvill.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wyvill, Sir Marmaduke, 6th Baronet 1692 births 1754 deaths British MPs 1727–1734 Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies Baronets in the Baronetage of England Fellows of the Royal Society