Sir Francis Wenman, 1st Baronet (c. 1630 – 2 September 1680) was an English politician who sat in the

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from 1664 to 1679.

Background

Wenman was the second son of Sir Francis Wenman of Caswell, Oxfordshire and his wife Ann Sandys, daughter of Sir Samuel Sandys of Omberslade, Worcestershire. His father, who was MP for Oxfordshire in the

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, died in 1641.John Burke, John Bernard Burke ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies''
/ref> Wenman's elder brother was killed in the King's service during the Cornish campaign of 1644. Wenman died at the age of around 50.

Political career

Wenman was created

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of Caswell on 29 November 1662. In 1664, he was elected Member of Parliament for

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in the

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and sat until 1679.

Family

Wenman married Mary Wenman, only daughter of Thomas Wenman, and niece of Richard Wenman, 1st Viscount Wenman by whom he had issue, Thomas, Francis, Ferdinando, Elizabeth and Richard, of whom his only surviving son was Richard Wenman, 4th Viscount Wenman. Wenman married secondly Elizabeth Fettiplace, daughter of Edward Fettiplace of Swinbrook, Oxon, by whom he had three sons and two daughters. Eldest daughter, Dozelina, married Richard Smith, Esq., and youngest daughter, Mary, married Gabriel Roberts, Esq. (ancestors of the Earls of Leicester 7th Creation through their grandson Wenman Roberts Coke).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wenman, Francis 1630s births 1680 deaths English MPs 1661–1679 People from Oxfordshire (before 1974) Year of birth uncertain Baronets in the Baronetage of England