Sir Francis Wenman, 1st Baronet (c. 1630 – 2 September 1680) was an English politician who sat in the
House of Commons
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from 1664 to 1679.
Background
Wenman was the second son of
Sir Francis Wenman of Caswell, Oxfordshire and his wife Ann Sandys, daughter of Sir Samuel Sandys of Omberslade, Worcestershire. His father, who was MP for Oxfordshire in the
Short Parliament
The Short Parliament was a Parliament of England that was summoned by King Charles I of England on the 20th of February 1640 and sat from 13th of April to the 5th of May 1640. It was so called because of its short life of only three weeks.
Aft ...
, died in 1641.
[John Burke, John Bernard Burke ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies'']
/ref> Wenman's elder brother was killed in the King's service during the Cornish campaign of 1644.
Political career
Wenman was created baronet
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of Caswell on 29 November 1662.[ In 1664, he was elected ]Member of Parliament
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for Oxfordshire
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in the Cavalier Parliament
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and sat until 1679.
Family
Wenman married Mary Wenman, only daughter of Thomas Wenman, and niece of Richard Wenman, 1st Viscount Wenman
Richard Wenman, 1st Viscount Wenman (1573–1640), was an English soldier and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1621 and 1625. He was created Viscount Wenman in the Peerage of Ireland in 1628.
Life
Wenman was the eldest son of ...
by whom he had issue, Thomas, Francis, Ferdinando, Elizabeth and Richard, of whom his only surviving son was Richard Wenman, 4th Viscount Wenman
Richard Wenman, 4th Viscount Wenman (1657 – 1 March 1690), known as Sir Richard Wenman, Bt, between 1680 and 1686, was an English landowner and politician.
Wenman was the only surviving son of Sir Francis Wenman, 1st Baronet, by Mary, daughter ...
.[
Wenman married secondly Elizabeth Fettiplace, daughter of Edward Fettiplace of Swinbrook, Oxon, by whom he had three sons and two daughters.][ Eldest daughter, Dozelina, married Richard Smith, Esq., and youngest daughter, Mary, married Gabriel Roberts, Esq. (ancestors of the ]Earls of Leicester
Earl of Leicester is a title that has been created seven times. The first title was granted during the 12th century in the Peerage of England. The current title is in the Peerage of the United Kingdom and was created in 1837.
Early creations ...
7th Creation through their grandson Wenman Roberts Coke Wenman can refer to:
*Viscount Wenman, noble title
;People
*Charles Wenman (born 1797), English cricketer who played for Kent
*Charles Wenman (theatre) (c. 1876–1954), Australian theatre manager and producer
*Diana Wenman, American television dir ...
).
References
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1630s births
1680 deaths
English MPs 1661–1679
People from Oxfordshire (before 1974)
Year of birth uncertain
Baronets in the Baronetage of England