About William Chetwynd
Lived 1695 – 1744 (aged 48–49). William Chetwynd was a British politician.
William Chetwynd (c. 1691 – 24 July 1744), of Beddington, Surrey, was a British lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1722 to 1727.
Chetwynd was the second son of John Chetwynd of Ludlow, Shropshire and brother of Walter Chetwynd. He was probably educated at Eton College between 1706 and 1707 and was admitted at Queens' College, Cambridge on 5 March 1708. He was also admitted at Middle Temple in 1707 and called to the bar in 1714.
Chetwynd married. Lady Elizabeth Carew, widow of Sir Nicholas Carew, 1st Baronet of Beddington, and daughter of Nicholas Hackett of North Crawley, Buckinghamshire on 30 May 1728. He died without issue on 24 July 1744.
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Who was William Chetwynd?
British Member of Parliament (died 1744)
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William Chetwynd was born in 1695.
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William Chetwynd died on 24 July 1744.
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William Chetwynd was a politician.
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· DBpedia: William Chetwynd (MP for Wootton Bassett)
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