Sir William Maynard, 4th Baronet explained

Sir William Maynard, 4th Baronet (19 April 1721 – 18 January 1772)^[1] of Waltons, Ashdon, Essex was a British politician and baronet.

He was the only son of Sir Henry Maynard, 3rd Baronet and his wife Catherine Gunter, daughter of George Gunter.^[2] In 1738, he succeeded his father as baronet.^[3] Maynard entered the British House of Commons as Member of Parliament (MP) for Essex in 1759, representing the constituency until 1772.^[4]

On 13 August 1751, he married Charlotte Bisshopp, second daughter of Sir Cecil Bishopp, 6th Baronet, and by her he had four children, three sons and one daughter.^[5] His oldest son Charles succeeded to the baronetcy, and by a special remainder also succeeded his kinsman Charles Maynard, 1st Viscount Maynard as 2nd Viscount Maynard in 1775.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Leigh Rayment – Baronetage . https://web.archive.org/web/20080501225129/http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage/baronetsM2.htm . 1 May 2008 . usurped . 19 April 2009 .
2. Book: Collins, Arthur . Sir Egerton Brydges . T. Bensley . Collin's Peerage of England . VI . 1812 . London . 289 .
3. Book: Lodge, Edmund . The Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage . Saunder and Otley . 6th . London . 1838 . 326 .
4. Web site: Leigh Rayment – British House of Commons, Essex . https://web.archive.org/web/20090810231626/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Ecommons2.htm . 10 August 2009 . usurped . 19 April 2009 .
5. Book: Kimber, Edward . Edward Kimber

   . Edward Kimber . Thomas Wotton . Richard Johnson . The Baronetage of England: Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the English Baronets . II . 1771 . London . 469 .

6. Book: Burke, John . A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire . Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley . London . II . 4th . 1832 . 155 .