Sir John Wray, 3rd Baronet (21 September 1619 – October 1664) was an English politician who sat in the

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in 1654. Wray was the son of Sir John Wray, 2nd Baronet and his wife Grisella Bethell, daughter of Sir Hugh Bethell of Ellerton, Yorkshire. He matriculated from

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at Easter 1635 and was awarded MA in 1636. In 1654, Wray was elected Member of Parliament for

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for the

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. He succeeded his father as

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in December 1655. Wray died at the age of 45 and was buried at Glentworth, Lincolnshire on 29 October 1664. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his cousin Christopher, 2nd Bt., of AshbyBurke, Messrs. John & John Bernard, ''The Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland'', Second edition, London, 1841, pp. 584–5. Wray married firstly Elizabeth D'Ewes, widow of Sir Simonds D'Ewes, by whom he had no issue. He married secondly, in 1661, Sarah Evelyn, daughter of Sir John Evelyn of

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, by whom he left a daughter and heiress. After his death, Sarah married

Thomas Fanshawe, 2nd Viscount Fanshawe Thomas Fanshawe, 2nd Viscount Fanshawe (1632–1674) of Ware Park, Hertfordshire was an Irish peer and Member of Parliament. He was born to Thomas Fanshawe, 1st Viscount Fanshawe by his second wife Elizabeth Cockayne, the daughter of Sir Wil ...

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1619 births 1664 deaths Alumni of Magdalene College, Cambridge Baronets in the Baronetage of England English MPs 1654–1655 {{1654-England-MP-stub