Viscount Wenman, of Tuam in the County of Galway, was a title in the

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. It was created on 30 July 1628 for Sir Richard Wenman,

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for

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in 1620 and 1625, the son of

Thomas Wenman (died 1577) Thomas Wenman (c. 1548 – 23 July 1577) (also Waynman or Weynman) was an English country gentleman who briefly sat in the House of Commons of England, representing Buckingham. He was the eldest son of Sir Richard Wenman, a Buckinghamshire la ...

, a Buckinghamshire landowner. He was made Baron Wenman, of Kilmaynham in the County of Meath, at the same time, also in the Peerage of Ireland. He was succeeded by his son, the second Viscount. He represented

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and

in Parliament. On his death the titles passed to his younger brother, the third Viscount. After the death of his childless only son, he obtained a new patent in 1683, with remainder to his great-nephew, Sir Richard Wenman, 2nd Baronet, with the precedence of 1628. The latter succeeded as fourth Viscount according to the new patent in 1686. He had earlier represented Brackley in Parliament. His grandson, the sixth Viscount, represented

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in the House of Commons. On the latter's death the titles passed to his son, the seventh Viscount. He sat as Member of Parliament for Oxfordshire for many years. The titles became extinct on his death in 1800. As all the peerage titles were in the Peerage of Ireland, the Viscounts did not have the right to sit in the

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. The Wenman Baronetcy, of Caswell in the County of Oxford, was created in the

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on 29 November 1662 for

Francis Wenman Sir Francis Wenman (9 December 1599 – 26 June 1640) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1628 and 1640. Biography Wenman was the only son of Francis Wenman of Caswell, Oxfordshire, who died in Ireland three m ...

, later Member of Parliament for

. He was succeeded by his son, the aforementioned second Baronet, who succeeded as fourth Viscount Wenman in 1686. The Honourable Sophia, sister and heiress of the seventh Viscount, married William Humphrey Wykeham, of Swalcliffe. In 1834 the Wenman title was revived in favour of their granddaughter, Sophia Elizabeth Wykeham, who was created Baroness Wenman, of

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and Swalcliffe in the County of Oxford. Lady Wenman never married and the title became extinct upon her death aged eighty in 1870.

Viscounts Wenman (1628)

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 ...

(1573–1640) *

Thomas Wenman, 2nd Viscount Wenman Thomas Wenman, 2nd Viscount Wenman (1596 – 25 January 1665), was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1660. Wenman was the only son of Richard Wenman, 1st Viscount Wenman, by Agne ...

(died 1665) *Philip Wenman, 3rd Viscount Wenman (1610–1686) (obtained new patent 1683) *

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 ...

(1657–1690) *Richard Wenman, 5th Viscount Wenman (1688–1729) * Philip Wenman, 6th Viscount Wenman (1719–1760) *

Philip Wenman, 7th Viscount Wenman Philip Wenman, 7th Viscount Wenman (18 April 1742 – 26 March 1800), styled The Honourable Philip Wenman until 1760, was a British landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1768 to 1796. Wenman was the son of Philip Wenman ...

(1742–1800)

Wenman Baronets, of Caswell (1662)

Sir Francis Wenman, 1st Baronet Sir Francis Wenman, 1st Baronet (c. 1630 – 2 September 1680) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1664 to 1679. Background Wenman was the second son of Sir Francis Wenman of Caswell, Oxfordshire and his wife Ann ...

(–1680) * Sir Richard Wenman, 2nd Baronet (1657–1690) (succeeded as Viscount Wenman in 1686)

Baronesses Wenman (1834)

*Sophia Elizabeth Wykeham, 1st Baroness Wenman (1790–1870)

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wenman Extinct viscountcies in the Peerage of Ireland Noble titles created in 1628 Peerages created with special remainders