Sir Francis Winnington, 5th Baronet explained

Sir Francis Winnington, Bt
Honorific Suffix:	DL JP
Office:	High Sheriff of Worcestershire
Term Start:	1894
Term End:	1894
Predecessor:	Edward Vincent Vashon Wheeler
Successor:	Henry Allen Wakeman Newport
Birth Name:	Francis Salwey Winnington
Birth Date:	24 September 1849
Residence:	Stanford Court
Parents:	Sir Thomas Edward Winnington, 4th Baronet Anna Helena Domvile
Children:	5
Relations:	Sir Thomas Winnington, 3rd Baronet (grandfather) Sir Compton Domvile, 1st Baronet (grandfather)

Sir Francis Salwey Winnington, 5th Baronet DL JP (24 September 1849 – 4 March 1931) was an English baronet.

Early life

Winnington was born on 24 September 1849. He was the second, but only surviving, son of the former Anna Helena Domvile and Sir Thomas Edward Winnington, 4th Baronet of Stanford Court, Stanford-on-Teme, Worcestershire. His younger sister, Helena Caroline Winnington, married Hon. Frederick Hanbury-Tracy, MP for Montgomery.^[1]

His paternal grandparents were Joanna Taylor and Sir Thomas Winnington, 3rd Baronet.^[2] His maternal grandparents were Sir Compton Domvile, 1st Baronet (an Irish MP in the United Kingdom parliament and Governor of County Dublin) and Helena Sarah Trench (daughter of Frederick Trench MP for Maryborough).^[3] His cousin, The Right Reverend and Right Hon. Arthur Winnington-Ingram, was the Bishop of London, and another, Edward Winnington-Ingram, served as Archdeacon of Hereford.^[4]

Career

Winnington succeeded as the 5th Baronet Winnington, of Stanford Court, on 18 June 1872 following the death of his father,^[5] who had served as MP for Bewdley.^[6]

He served as an ensign in the 66th Foot. He held the office of High Sheriff of Worcestershire in 1894, succeeding Edward Vincent Vashon Wheeler. Winnington's father had also served as High Sheriff in 1852. He held the office of Justice of the Peace for Worcestershire and the office of Deputy Lieutenant of Worcestershire.^[7]

Personal life

On 5 February 1879, Winnington was married to Jane Spencer-Churchill (1858–1940) at the church of All Saints, Ennismore Gardens in London.^[8] Jane was the eldest daughter of Lord Alfred Spencer-Churchill and the Hon. Harriet Gough-Calthorpe.^[9] Her paternal grandparents were George Spencer-Churchill, 6th Duke of Marlborough and Lady Jane Stewart and her maternal grandparents were Frederick Gough, 4th Baron Calthorpe and Lady Charlotte Sophia Somerset (eldest daughter of Henry Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort),^[10] Together, they were the parents of:

• Frances Jane Winnington (1880–1953), who married Capt. Andrew Mansel Talbot Fletcher, a son of John Fletcher Fletcher, in 1902.^[11]
• Francis Salwey Winnington (1881–1913), a Lt. in the Coldstream Guards who married Blanche Emma Casberd-Boteler, daughter of Capt. William John Casberd-Boteler, in 1904.^[12]
• Charles Alfred Edward Winnington (1882–1968), who married Mary Margaret O'Connor, daughter of William O'Connor, in 1915. In 1929, he married Charlotte Ida Frederica Noel, daughter of Admiral Sir Gerard Noel.^[13]
• John Winston Foley Winnington (1883–1961), who married Gladys Cook, daughter of William Austin Cook, in 1910.^[7]
• Iris Harriet Helena Winnington (1887–1965), who married Lt. Robert Reginald Fairfax Wade-Palmer, son of Fairfax Blomfield Wade-Palmer, in 1909.^[14] They divorced in 1922,^[15] and she married Gerald Owen Weaver Joynson, son of Harold Mead Joynson, in 1925.^[7]

Sir Francis died on 4 March 1931. As his eldest son predeceased him in 1913,^[16] he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his grandson, Francis Salwey William Winnington (1907–2003).^[7]

Descendants

Through his son Francis, he was a great-grandfather of Sarah Rose Winnington (b. 1951), who married Anthony Noel, 6th Earl of Gainsborough and was a lady-in-waiting to Diana, Princess of Wales.^[17]

Notes and References

1. Book: Hemming . George Wirgman . The Law Reports: Cases Determined by the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice, and by the Chief Judge in Bankruptcy, and by the Court of Appeal on Appeal from the Chancery Division and the Chief Judge, and in Lunacy. Division I, Chancery . 1884 . Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales . 16 April 2021 . en . 17 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230417230512/https://books.google.com/books?id=l1U1AQAAMAAJ . live .
2. Book: Stooks Smith, Henry. . Craig, F. W. S. . F. W. S. Craig . . 1844-1850 . 2nd . 1973 . Parliamentary Research Services . Chichester . 0-900178-13-2 . 385 .
3. Book: Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage . 1904 . Burke's Peerage Limited. . 16 April 2021 . en . 17 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230417225634/https://books.google.com/books?id=DH5QAQAAMAAJ . live .
4. News: BISHOP OF LONDON'S ANCESTRY . 22 November 2021 . . 28 August 1907 . 7 . 22 November 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211122211922/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89390349/bishop-of-londons-ancestry/ . live .
5. News: DEATH OF SIR THOMAS EDWARD WINNINGTON, BART. . . 22 June 1872 . 3 . 22 November 2021 . 22 November 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211122211918/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89390690/death-of-sir-thomas-edward-winnington/ . live .
6. Book: Debrett's illustrated baronetage and knightage (and companionage) of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland . 1880 . 466 . 22 November 2021 . en.
7. Book: Morris . Susan . Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 2019 . 20 April 2020 . 978-1-9997670-5-1 . 1971 . 22 November 2021 . en . 14 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230414205603/https://books.google.com/books?id=99tHEAAAQBAJ . live .
8. News: MARRIAGE OF SIR F. WINNINGTON AND MISS SPENCER CHURCHILL . 22 November 2021 . . 8 February 1879 . 3 . 22 November 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211122211923/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89390160/marriage-of-sir-f-winnington-and-miss/ . live .
9. THE LATE LORD ALFRED SPENCER CURCHILL . The Graphic: An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper . 30 September 1893 . 8 . 22 November 2021 . 22 November 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211122200119/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89384539/the-late-lord-alfred-spencer-curchill/ . live .
10. Book: Dod's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, of Great Britain and Ireland, for ...: Including All the Titled Classes . 1901 . S. Low, Marston & Company . 22 November 2021 . en.
11. Book: Fox-Davies . Arthur Charles . Armorial Families: A Directory of Gentlemen of Coat-armour . 1910 . T.C. & E.C. Jack . 579 . 22 November 2021 . en.
12. Book: People of Today . 1995 . Debrett's Peerage Limited . 978-1-870520-24-9 . 2159 . 22 November 2021 . en.
13. Book: Debrett's Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage ... . 1931 . Dean & Son, limited . 832 . 22 November 2021 . en.
14. Book: Commons . Great Britain Parliament House of . Parliamentary Papers . 1905 . H.M. Stationery Office . en.
15. Book: Raineval . Melville Henry Massue marquis de Ruvigny et . The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal: Being a Complete Table of All the Descendants Now Living of Edward III, King of England. The Isabel of Essex volume : containing the descendants of Isabel (Plantagenet) Countess of Essex and Eu, with a supplement to the three previous volumes . 1994 . Genealogical Publishing Company . 978-0-8063-1434-1 . 520 . 22 November 2021 . en.
16. News: Mr. F. S. Winnington . 22 November 2021 . . 5 February 1913 . 9 . 22 November 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211122211919/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89390532/mr-f-s-winnington/ . live .
17. Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. Vol. II, p. 1503.