Sir Thomas Edward Winnington (1780 – 24 September 1839) was an English Whig and

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politician who sat in the

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in two periods between 1807 and 1837.

Early life

Winnington was the eldest son of the Hon. Anne Foley and

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, Worcestershire. Among his siblings were the Rev. Edward Winnington-Ingram, the Rev. Francis Winnington-Ingram, the Rev. Charles Fox Winnington-Ingram, Henry Jeffries Winnington, Elizabeth Winnington (wife of the Rev. Arthur Cyril Onslow and parents of Cyril Onslow), and Harriet Winnington (the wife of Phipps Vanstittart Onslow). His paternal grandfather was

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. His maternal grandparents were Thomas Foley, 1st Baron Foley and Hon. Grace Granville (a daughter of

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). Winnington attended

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from where he graduated in 1793, followed by

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, from where he graduated on 6 February 1798.

Career

He inherited the Stanford Court estate from his father in 1805 and was appointed

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for 1806 to 1807. Winnington was elected

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(MP) for

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in 1807 and held the seat until 1816. He was re elected in the 1831 general election and held the seat for a year. At the 1832 general election he was elected MP for

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and held the seat until 1837, when he was succeeded there by his son

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Personal life

On 11 November 1810, Winnington married Joanna Taylor, the daughter of John Taylor of Moseley Hall, with whom he had three sons and four daughters, including: * Sir Thomas Edward Winnington (1811–1872), who married Helen Domvile, a daughter of

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and the former Helena Sarah Trench (a daughter of Frederick Trench, MP for Maryborough). Sir Thomas died on 24 September 1839 and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest surviving son,

References

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