Misplaced Pages

Francis Winnington (Droitwich MP)

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
English politician and barrister For other people named Francis Winnington, see Francis Winnington (disambiguation).

Francis Winnington (1704 – c.1754) of Broadway was an English politician and barrister.

Francis was the son of Francis Winnington of Broadway, the second son of Sir Francis Winnington. He matriculated at Trinity College, Oxford on 29 March 1721, at the age of 17, and was called to the bar at the Middle Temple on 9 February 1728. From 1733 to 1747, he was Solicitor to the Admiralty, before resigning the post to enter Parliament.

He sat as MP for Droitwich from 1747 to 1754. His marriage to Susannah Courtney or Courtenay left no children. His brother was Edward Winnington and his nephew Sir Edward Winnington, 1st Baronet.

References

This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources.
Find sources: "Francis Winnington" Droitwich MP – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (May 2014)
This article includes a list of references, related reading, or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. Please help improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (May 2014) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded byThomas Foley
Lord George Bentinck
Member of Parliament for Droitwich
1747–1754
With: Thomas Foley 1747
Edwin Sandys 1747–1754
Succeeded byThomas Foley
Robert Harley
Flag of EnglandPolitician icon Stub icon 2

This article about a Member of the Parliament of Great Britain (1707–1800) representing an English constituency is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: