Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, 5th Baronet (c.1666–1722) was an English politician and official. He was the eldest son of

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and his wife Anne Brookes, and entered

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in 1682, as a fellow commoner. A High Tory with connections to the Stuarts through his courtier wife, he was elected to parliament for

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in 1695. He then under Queen Anne held official positions in the excise and other tax areas. In 1711 Wyvill became a

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, supported by

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Family

Wyville married Henrietta Maria, daughter of Sir Thomas Yarburgh of Snaith, MP. She had been maid of honour to

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and

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. They had three sons and four daughters.

Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, 6th Baronet Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, 6th Baronet (1692–1754), of Constable Burton Hall, Yorkshire, was a British landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons briefly from 1727 to 1728. Wyvill was the son of Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, 5th Baronet MP ...

was their son.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wyvill, Marmaduke 1660s births 1722 deaths Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge English MPs 1695–1698 Fellows of the Royal Society Baronets in the Baronetage of England