William Meredith

Sir William Meredith, 3rd Baronet (c. 1725 – 2 January 1790), was a British landowner who sat in the House of Commons from 1754 to 1780. A Rockingham Whig, he served as a Lord of the Admiralty from 1765 to 1766.

Early life Meredith was the son of Amos Meredith (1688–1745) of Chester and Johanna Cholmondely, daughter of Thomas Cholmondely of Vale Royal, Chester. He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford, on 24 March 1743, aged 18. His father died in 1744, and in 1752, he inherited his baronetcy and estates on the death of his grandfather, Sir William Meredith, 2nd Baronet. Meredith was an extravagant man, and in 1779 was obliged to sell the family estate at Henbury, Cheshire, to John Bower Jodrell for £24,000. He did not stand in 1780 because of ill-health. In 1784 he stood again at Liverpool but withdrew before the end of the poll. Anna-Margaretta was the third wife of Assheton Curzon, 1st Viscount Curzon; Mary married firstly Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers, and secondly Lord Frederick Campbell. The town of Meredith, New Hampshire, is named after him.