Sir Thomas Winnington, 3rd Baronet explained

Sir Thomas Winnington, Bt
Office1:Member of Parliament for Bewdley
Term Start1:1833
Term End1:1837
Predecessor1:Wilson Aylesbury Roberts
Successor1:Thomas Winnington
Office2:Member of Parliament for Droitwich
Term Start2:1831
Term End2:1832
Alongside2:John Hodgetts-Foley
Predecessor2:The Earl of Sefton
John Hodgetts-Foley
Successor2:John Hodgetts-Foley
Term Start3:1807
Term End3:1816
Alongside3:Andrew Foley
Predecessor3:Andrew Foley
Thomas Foley
Successor3:Andrew Foley
The Earl of Sefton
Birth Name:Thomas Edward Winnington
Birth Date:1780
Alma Mater:Christ Church, Oxford
Party:Whig, Liberal
Parents:Sir Edward Winnington, 2nd Baronet
Hon. Anne Foley
Children:7
Relations:Sir Edward Winnington, 1st Baronet (grandfather)
Thomas Foley, 1st Baron Foley (grandfather)

Sir Thomas Edward Winnington (1780 – 24 September 1839) was an English Whig and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1807 and 1837.

Early life

Winnington was the eldest son of the Hon. Anne Foley and Sir Edward Winnington, 2nd Baronet of Stanford Court, Stanford-on-Teme, Worcestershire.[1] Among his siblings were the Rev. Edward Winnington-Ingram, the Rev. Francis Winnington-Ingram, the Rev. Charles Fox Winnington-Ingram, Henry Jeffries Winnington, Elizabeth Winnington (wife of the Rev. Arthur Cyril Onslow and parents of Cyril Onslow), and Harriet Winnington (the wife of Phipps Vanstittart Onslow).[2] [3]

His paternal grandfather was Sir Edward Winnington, 1st Baronet. His maternal grandparents were Thomas Foley, 1st Baron Foley and Hon. Grace Granville (a daughter of George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne).[4]

Winnington attended Eton College from where he graduated in 1793, followed by Christ Church, Oxford, from where he graduated on 6 February 1798.[1]

Career

He inherited the Stanford Court estate from his father in 1805 and was appointed High Sheriff of Worcestershire for 1806 to 1807.[1]

Winnington was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Droitwich in 1807 and held the seat until 1816. He was re elected in the 1831 general election and held the seat for a year. At the 1832 general election he was elected MP for Bewdley and held the seat until 1837, when he was succeeded there by his son Thomas.

Personal life

On 11 November 1810, Winnington married Joanna Taylor, the daughter of John Taylor of Moseley Hall,[5] with whom he had three sons and four daughters, including:[6]

Sir Thomas died on 24 September 1839 and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest surviving son, Thomas.[1]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: WINNINGTON, Sir Thomas Edward, 3rd Bt. (1780–1839), of Stanford Court, Worcs.. History of Parliament Online. 2 May 2013.
  2. Book: Sharpe . John . Sharpe's Peerage of the British Empire exhibiting its present state and deducing the existing descents from the ancient nobility of England, Scotland and Ireland . 1830 . 23 November 2021 . en.
  3. 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 . 300–301 . 23 November 2021 . en.
  4. Book: Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage . 1884 . Kelly's Directories . 23 November 2021 . en.
  5. Book: Burke . John Bernard . A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire . 1854 . for H. Colburn : by Hurst and Blackett . 1074 . 23 November 2021 . en.
  6. Book: Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage . 1904 . Burke's Peerage Limited. . 16 April 2021 . en.
  7. Web site: DOMVILE, Sir Compton, 1st Bt. (c.1775-1857), of Templeogue and Santry House, co. Dublin. . historyofparliamentonline.org . . 16 April 2021.