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Christopher Wandesford, 1st Viscount Castlecomer

1656 – 1707

English politician

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Lived 1656 – 1707 (aged 51). Christopher Wandesford, 1st Viscount Castlecomer was a politician.

Christopher Wandesford, 1st Viscount Castlecomer (19 August 1656 – 15 September 1707) was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer.

Wandesford was the son and heir of Sir Christopher Wandesford, 1st Baronet of Kirklington, Yorkshire, by his wife Eleanor Lowther, daughter of Sir John Lowther, 1st Baronet. He was educated at the University of Cambridge. His grandfather, the first Christopher Wandesford, had been briefly Lord Deputy of Ireland in 1640 and acquired substantial lands in County Kilkenny.

Wandesford held the office of Member of Parliament for Ripon between 1679 and 1681. He succeeded to his father's baronetcy in February 1687. He was High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1689 and 1690.

He was elevated to the peerage when he was created Viscount Castlecomer and Baron Wandesford in the Peerage of Ireland on 15 March 1706. He died in September the following year.

He married Elizabeth Montagu, the sister of Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, and together they had five children. He was succeeded by his eldest son, also Christopher.

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Birth century
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Education
University of Cambridge
Positions held
Member of Parliament in the Parliament of Ireland, Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, Member of the Privy Council of Ireland, Member of the 1680-81 Parliament
Also known as
2nd Baronet Wandesford

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English politician (1656-1707)

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Christopher Wandesford, 1st Viscount Castlecomer was born on 19 August 1656.

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Christopher Wandesford, 1st Viscount Castlecomer died on 15 September 1707.

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Christopher Wandesford, 1st Viscount Castlecomer was a politician.

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· Wikipedia: Christopher Wandesford, 1st Viscount Castlecomer

· Wikidata: Q16162650

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