Sir William St Quintin, 4th Baronet (''c.'' 1700 – 9 May 1770), of

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and

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, was an English landowner and

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He was the eldest son of Hugh St Quintin (b. 1671). He was educated at

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in Hackney.''St. Quintin, Matthew Chitty (?1701-83), of Harpham, Yorks.''
/ref> He succeeded to the family baronetcy and the Scampston estate near Malton on 30 June 1723 on the death of his uncle, Sir William St Quintin, 3rd Baronet, who had never married. St Quintin entered Parliament in 1722 as a member for

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, and remained its MP for five years. In 1729–30 he served as

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. He married Rebecca, daughter of Sir John Thompson,

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, and their children included: * William St Quintin (1729–1795) who succeeded to the baronetcy * Mary (d. 1772), who married Vice-Admiral

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of Newtown * Katherine, who married

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, MP, of Padworth * John Chitty (1730–1746) * Hugh St Quintin (1731–1736) * Rebecca St Quintin (d. 1758)

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St Quintin genealogy
, - 1700 births 1770 deaths People educated at Newcome's School Baronets in the Baronetage of England English landowners Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1722–1727 High Sheriffs of Yorkshire {{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub