William Richard Chetwynd (c. 1731 – February 1765) was an English aristocrat and politician. The second son of

John Chetwynd, 2nd Viscount Chetwynd John Chetwynd, 2nd Viscount Chetwynd (c.1680 – 21 June 1767) was a British diplomat and politician who sat in the British House of Commons, House of Commons between 1715 and 1747. Chetwynd was the second son of John Chetwynd of Ingestre and his ...

, he was educated at

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and Corpus Christi College,

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. He was elected as

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for

Stafford Stafford () is a market town and the county town of Staffordshire, in the West Midlands region of England. It lies about north of Wolverhampton, south of Stoke-on-Trent and northwest of Birmingham. The town had a population of 70,145 in t ...

in 1754 and held the seat until his death in 1765. His father had served as MP for the same seat 1738–1747; the Chetwynd family has strong associations with Stafford. William Chetwynd married Elizabeth, daughter of

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, MP for

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. They had a daughter Isabella, who married John Parsons. William Chetwynd pre-deceased his father and left no male heir. The family estates at

Ingestre Ingestre is a village and civil parish in the Stafford district, in the county of Staffordshire, England. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 census was 194. It is four miles to the north-east of the county town of Stafford. Ing ...

passed on his father's death to his sister Catherine and then to her son

William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot William Talbot, Earl Talbot, PC (16 May 1710 – 27 April 1782), known as the Lord Talbot from 1737 to 1761, was a British politician. Talbot was a notable figure among opposition Whig politicians during the reign of King George II before later ...

, while his father's title as Viscount passed to William's uncle and namesake

William Richard Chetwynd, 3rd Viscount Chetwynd William Richard Chetwynd, 3rd Viscount Chetwynd (1684 – 3 April 1770) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1715 to 1770. Early life Chetwynd was the youngest son of John Chetwynd (1643–1702) and thus younger brother o ...

.''Burke's Peerage'' (1939 edition), s.v. Chetwynd.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chetwynd, William Richard 1730s births 1765 deaths People from the Borough of Stafford People educated at Eton College Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Oxford Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Stafford British MPs 1754–1761 British MPs 1761–1768 Younger sons of viscounts