Sir Walter Yonge, 2nd Baronet (c. 1625 – 21 November 1670) of

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, Colyton, and of

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, both in Devon, was a Member of Parliament for

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(1659), for

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(1660) and for Dartmouth (1667–70).

Origins

Yonge was the son and heir of Sir John Yonge, 1st Baronet (1603–1663), of Colyton by his wife Elizabeth Strode, daughter of Sir William Strode (1562–1637) of Newnham William Betham
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/ref> in the parish of Plympton St Mary, Devon, seven times a Member of Parliament, for

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in 1597 and 1624, for Plympton Erle in 1601, 1604, 1621 and 1625, and for

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in 1614,

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1593-4 and Deputy Lieutenant of Devon in 1599.

Career

He was educated in Leyden and the Inner Temple. In 1659 he was elected Member of Parliament for

, Devon, and in 1660 for

, Dorset, in the Convention Parliament. He inherited the

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on the death of his father in 1663. In 1667 he was elected MP for Dartmouth in Devon, and sat until his death in 1670. He purchased the manor of

intending to move there from Colyton, but died before his planned new mansion house there was completed. According to the Devon historian Polwhele (died 1838), he "had begun to build a seat at the ancient mansion of Mohuns Ottery in the parish of Luppitt, near Ottery, but Sir Walter Yonge, taking a liking to the situation of

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, purchased it and immediately began to build the present seat". This was his son and heir Sir Walter Yonge, 3rd Baronet (1653–1731), who in about 1680 built Escot House in the parish of

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, Devon.

Marriage and children

In 1649 Yonge married Isabel Davie (died 1673), daughter of Sir John Davie, 1st Baronet (-1654) of Creedy in the parish of Sandford, Devon, MP for Tiverton 1621–22 and

(1629–30). By his wife he had four sons and nine daughters including:Vivian, pp. 840–1 *John Yonge (1651–1668) eldest son and

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who predeceased his father unmarried. * Sir Walter Yonge, 3rd Baronet (1653–1731), second and eldest surviving son and heir. *Francis Yonge (1655–1673), third sonVivian, p.841 *Charles Yonge (born 1658), fourth son *Isabella Yonge (born 1650), who married

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(1652–1733),

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of the manor of Otterton, Devon, four times MP for Ashburton, 1679, 1695, 1698 and 1701.

References

External links

Yonge family
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yonge, Walter 1620s births 1670 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of England English MPs 1660 English MPs 1661–1679 Members of the Parliament of England for Dartmouth Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Lyme Regis