Walter Chetwynd (c. 1680 – 1732), of Grendon, Warwickshire, was a British politician who sat in the

House of Commons The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of these countries, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the nominally upper house of parliament. ...

from 1715 to 1731. He was appointed

Governor of Barbados This article contains a list of viceroys in Barbados from its initial colonisation in 1627 by England until it achieved independence in 1966. From 1833 to 1885, Barbados was part of the colony of the Windward Islands, and the governor of Barbad ...

, but died before he took up residence. Chetwynd was the eldest son of John Chetwynd of Ludlow, Shropshire and brother of William Chetwynd of Beddington, Surrey. He married Barbara Goring, daughter of John Goring of Kingston, Staffordshire. In 1719, he succeeded to the Grendon estate of his grandfather, Charles Chetwynd of Grendon. Chetwynd was returned as a Whig

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...

for

Lichfield Lichfield () is a cathedral city and civil parish in Staffordshire, England. Lichfield is situated roughly south-east of the county town of Stafford, south-east of Rugeley, north-east of Walsall, north-west of Tamworth and south-west of B ...

at the 1715 general election, and spoke and voted against the septennial bill. He was appointed paymaster of the pensions in 1718 and afterwards supported the Administration consistently. At the by-election on 18 March 1718, which was required on his appointment to the post, he was initially defeated, but was returned on petition on 10 December 1718. He was re-elected at the general elections of

1722 Events January–March * January 27 – Daniel Defoe's novel ''Moll Flanders'' is published anonymously in London. * February 10 – The Battle of Cape Lopez begins off of the coast of West Africa (and present-day Gabon), as ...

and 1727. In 1731, he was in a financially straitened situation and resigned his seat to take the post of Governor of Barbados at £2,000 a year. As he was preparing to set out for the West Indies, he died on 5 February 1732. His funeral was delayed by the bailiffs. He left two sons, Walter who died in 1750 and William Henry who died without issue. William Henry Chetwynd is said to have left Grendon to his cousin Lady Robert Bertie. The hall remained in the Chetwynd family until the 1930s when it was demolished.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chetwynd, Walter 1680s births 1732 deaths Governors of Barbados Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1715–1722 British MPs 1722–1727 British MPs 1727–1734