Sir John Wray, 3rd Baronet

Sir John Wray, 3rd Baronet (21 September 1619 – October 1664) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1654.

Early life Wray was the son of Sir John Wray, 2nd Baronet and his wife Grisella Bethell. Among his siblings was Frances Wray (who married Capt. John Hotham), Theodosia Wray (who married Sir Richard Barker), and Grisilla Wray (who married Anthony Thorold of Marston, Lincolnshire).

His paternal grandparents were Sir William Wray, 1st Baronet, of Glentworth, and, his first wife, Lucy Montagu (eldest daughter of Sir Edward Montagu of Boughton). His maternal grandfather was Sir Hugh Bethell of Ellerton, Yorkshire.

Career In 1654, Wray was elected Member of Parliament for Lincolnshire for the First Protectorate Parliament.

He succeeded his father as baronet in December 1655.

Elizabeth Wray (1663–1714), who married the Hon. Nicholas Saunderson, eldest son of George Saunderson, 5th Viscount Castleton. On her death without surviving issue the Glentworth estates passed by entail to her next heir male, Sir Cecil Wray, 11th Baronet.