Barnard Whetstone

Sir Bernard Whetstone (c. 1547 – 1624) of Woodford, Essex and Hangleton, Sussex was an English landowner, who sat in the House of Commons in the parliament of 1604–1611.

Life He was the son of Robert Whetstone (d. 1557), Haberdasher, a London haberdasher and Margaret, daughter of Philip Bernard of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, and co-heiress to her brother Francis Bernard. He was the older brother of George Whetstone. His father acquired the manor of Woodford in 1553. He matriculated at St John's College, Cambridge in 1563 and was admitted to Gray's Inn in 1580.

He increased his estate through his marriages. His first wife was Elizabeth, daughter and co-heiress of John Calibut of Castle Acre, Norfolk. His second wife Anne was the widow of Giles Paulet, a younger son of the Marquis of Winchester. and he became a JP in Sussex. He was knighted in 1603. He was moderately active as an MP; he sat on a number of committees and two of his speeches were recorded in the first session.