Banastre Maynard, 3rd Baron Maynard (c. 1642 – 3 March 1718) was an English politician who sat in the

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from 1663 to 1679. He succeeded to the

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as Baron Maynard in 1699.

Life

Maynard was the second eldest son of William Maynard, 2nd Baron Maynard of Estaines and his first wife Dorothy Banastre, daughter of Sir Robert Banastre of Passenham, Northamptonshire. He travelled abroad in France, Italy, Germany and the Netherlands from 1660 to 1662. In 1663 he was elected Member of Parliament for

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in a by-election to the

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. He was commissioner for assessment for Essex from 1663 to 1680 and commissioner for recusants in 1675. He was a J.P. from April 1688 to his death and was commissioner for assessment for Essex again from 1689 to 1690. He succeeded to the peerage as Baron Maynard on the death of his father on 3 February 1699.History of Parliament Online - Maynard, Hon. Banastre
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Family

Maynard married Lady Elizabeth Grey, daughter of Henry Grey, 10th Earl of Kent and had eight sons and three daughters. Their children included: * Henry Maynard, 4th Baron Maynard (c. 1673–1742) * Grey Maynard, 5th Baron Maynard (1679–1745) *

Charles Maynard, 1st Viscount Maynard Charles Maynard, 1st Viscount Maynard (c. 1690 – 30 June 1775), styled Charles Maynard between 1699 and 1745 and known as The Lord Maynard between 1745 and 1766, was a British peer. He served as Lord-Lieutenant of Suffolk between 1763 and 1769 ...

(c. 1690–1775) *Annabella Maynard (d. 1734) who married Sir William Lowther, 1st Baronet

References

1640s births 1718 deaths 3 Maynard, Banaste Barons in the Peerage of Ireland {{England-baron-stub