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George Saunderson, 5th Viscount Castleton

1631 – 1714

Member of the Parliament of England

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Lived 1631 – 1714 (aged 82). George Saunderson, 5th Viscount Castleton was an English politician.

George Saunderson, 5th Viscount Castleton (12 October 1631 – 27 May 1714) was an English soldier and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1698.

Saunderson was born in Fillingham, Lincolnshire, the son of Sir Nicholas Saunderson, 2nd Viscount Castleton and his wife Frances Manners, daughter of Sir George Manners of Haddon Hall, Derbyshire. He inherited the viscountcy in the Peerage of Ireland in 1650 on the death of his brother.

In 1660, Saunderson was elected Member of Parliament for Lincolnshire in the Convention Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Lincolnshire in 1661 for the Cavalier Parliament and held the seat until 1698. From 1689–94 he was colonel of a regiment of foot which he raised in Yorkshire and which served in Ireland and in Flanders under King William III.

Saunderson died at Sandbeck Park, South Yorkshire at the age of 82.

Saunderson first married Grace Belasyse, daughter of Henry Belasyse, and then married Lady Sarah Fanshawe, widow of both her first husband, Sir John Wray, 3rd Baronet of Glentworth, and her second husband, Lord Thomas Fanshawe, 2nd Viscount Fanshawe. She was the daughter of Sir John Evelyn of West Dean. Her father left her only five shillings in his will because he disapproved of her marriage to Lord Castleton.

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Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, Member of the April 1660 Parliament, Member of the 1661-79 Parliament, Member of the 1679 Parliament

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Who was George Saunderson, 5th Viscount Castleton?

Member of the Parliament of England (1631-1714)

When was George Saunderson, 5th Viscount Castleton born?

George Saunderson, 5th Viscount Castleton was born on 12 October 1631 in Fillingham.

When did George Saunderson, 5th Viscount Castleton die?

George Saunderson, 5th Viscount Castleton died on 27 May 1714 in Sandbeck.

What was George Saunderson, 5th Viscount Castleton's occupation?

George Saunderson, 5th Viscount Castleton was a politician.

What nationality was George Saunderson, 5th Viscount Castleton?

George Saunderson, 5th Viscount Castleton was English.

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· Wikipedia: George Saunderson, 5th Viscount Castleton

· Wikidata: Q5544298

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