Sir Walden Hanmer, 1st Baronet (1717–1783) was a British lawyer and politician who sat in the

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between 1768 and 1780.

Early life

Hanmer was the only son of Job Hanmer, bencher of Lincoln's Inn and his wife Susanna Walden, daughter of Thomas Walden of Simpson, Buckinghamshire, and was baptised on 19 March 1717. He was educated at

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and entered

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in 1732. He matriculated at

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on 12 June 1736. In 1739 he succeeded his father. He was called to the bar in 1741. He married Anne Graham, daughter of Henry Vere Graham of Holbrook, Suffolk, sometime before 1747. In 1758 he became a bencher of Lincolns Inn He retired early from practice as a barrister and became a magistrate in several counties.William Betham The Baronetage of England, Or the History of the English Baronets, and Such Baronets of Scotland, as are of English Families: With Genealogical Tables, and Engravings of Their Armorial Bearings, Volume 3 P 451
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Political career

Hanmer first stood for Parliament in

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but withdrew after the first day's polling. He applied for a Welsh judgeship in 1766 but was unsuccessful. After considering standing for Bedford again in

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he stood instead at

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where he was returned as Member of Parliament after a contest. In 1773 he succeeded to Hanmer estates in Flintshire on the death of his cousin Humphrey Hanmer, and was created

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on 21 May 1774. He stood again at Sudbury at the 1774 general election but was defeated in a contest. He was then seated on petition on 22 March 1775. He did not stand in the 1780 general election

Later life

Hanmer died on 20 October 1783. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son Thomas.

References

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