Sir Nicholas Wolstenholme, 4th Baronet (1676–1717) was an English baronet and land-owner in

Middlesex Middlesex (; abbreviation: Middx) is a Historic counties of England, former county in South East England, now mainly within Greater London. Its boundaries largely followed three rivers: the River Thames, Thames in the south, the River Lea, Le ...

. He was the son of

Sir John Wolstenholme, 3rd Baronet Sir John Wolstenholme, 3rd Baronet (1649–1709), of Forty Hall, Enfield, and Denmark Street, St. Giles-in-the-Fields, Middlesex, was an English landowner and Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1695 and 17 ...

, a member of Parliament for

.WOLSTENHOLME, Sir John, 3rd Bt. (1649-1709), of Forty Hall, Enfield, and Denmark Street, St. Giles-in-the-Fields, Mdx.
History of Parliament. Retrieved 27 December 2018. He was heavily in debt for much of his adult life: his estate was in the hands of trustees, and he was incarcerated in the

Fleet Prison Fleet Prison was a notorious London prison by the side of the River Fleet. The prison was built in 1197, was rebuilt several times, and was in use until 1844. It was demolished in 1846. History The prison was built in 1197 off what is now ...

. He married Grace Waldo, daughter of Sir Edward Waldo and his third wife Elizabeth Shuckburgh. They had no children. After his death, she remarried William Ferdinand Cary, 8th Baron Hundson. They had no children and the title became extinct upon his death. Grace died in 1729 aged about 46. The Wolstenholme family originally acquired wealth and social position in Middlesex through service in the customs office. The second baronet built Minchington Hall in Southgate, Middlesex, after 1664.Edmonton: Other estates
British History Online. Retrieved 26 December 2018. In 1716, the 4th baronet sold part of the Minchington estate to Sir David Hechstetter.

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1676 births 1717 deaths English landowners Baronets in the Baronetage of England {{England-bio-stub

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