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Sir Humphrey Winch, 1st Baronet

1622 – 1703

Member of Parliament of England

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Lived 1622 – 1703 (aged 80–81). Sir Humphrey Winch, 1st Baronet was an English politician.

Sir Humphrey Winch, 1st Baronet (3 January 1622 – December 1703) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1660 and 1689.

Winch was the eldest son of Onslow Winch of Everton, Bedfordshire and his wife Judith Burgoyne, daughter of Roger Burgoyne of Wroxall, Warwickshire and his first wife Margaret Wendy, and sister of Sir John Burgoyne, 1st Baronet. His other grandfather was Sir Humphrey Winch, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland (died 1625). Winch purchased the Hawnes estate (now known as Haynes Park) in Bedfordshire in 1654 and by 1659 had sold the manor of Everton which he had inherited from his father. He was created a baronet of Hawnes in the County of Bedford on 9 June 1660. In 1661 he was elected MP for Bedfordshire in the Cavalier Parliament and sat until 1679. but no sons, and the title became extinct on his death in 1703, although it was erroneously assumed by his nephew, Humphrey Winch, of Branston, Lincolnshire. He had settled his Lincolnshire estates on his brother Richard. His descendants through his grandson Sir Robert Lawley gained the title Baron Wenlock.

His widow died in 1713: her manuscript book of family recipes and herbal remedies has survived. It contains some useful information on the family's history, such as the early death of nearly all her Lawley grandchildren: of fourteen children of Sir Thomas Lawley and Rebecca, only three reached adulthood. One of the three surviving children, Elizabeth, was through her second marriage to Sir Nicholas Lawes, Governor of Jamaica, the ancestor of Anne, Duchess of Cumberland and Strathearn.

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1703
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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 Sir Humphrey Winch, 1st Baronet?

Member of Parliament of England

When was Sir Humphrey Winch, 1st Baronet born?

Sir Humphrey Winch, 1st Baronet was born on 3 January 1622.

When did Sir Humphrey Winch, 1st Baronet die?

Sir Humphrey Winch, 1st Baronet died in 1703.

What was Sir Humphrey Winch, 1st Baronet's occupation?

Sir Humphrey Winch, 1st Baronet was a politician.

What nationality was Sir Humphrey Winch, 1st Baronet?

Sir Humphrey Winch, 1st Baronet was English.

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· Wikipedia: Sir Humphrey Winch, 1st Baronet

· Wikidata: Q7527329

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