William Cartwright (1634 – 15 April 1676) was an English politician who sat in the

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in 1659. Cartwright was the son of John Cartwright of

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, Oxfordshire, and was baptised at

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on 29 March 1634. He matriculated at

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, on 5 April 1650. In 1659, he was elected

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for

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. 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Cabell-Chafe', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp. 228-254. Retrieved 1 November 2011
/ref> Cartwright died at the age of 41.

Family

Cartwright married Ursula Fairfax, daughter of

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, and Thomas Cartwright was their son. Their daughter Rhoda married

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