Walter Chetwynd, distantly connected with his namesake, the 1st Viscount Chetwynd, was returned as a Whig in 1715, speaking and voting against the septennial bill.
In 1731, being in reduced circumstances, Chetwynd resigned his seat to accept the governorship of Barbados (£2,000 p.a.),
poor Mr. Chetwynd’s corpse ... had been so barbarously treated, for since his death, which is now three weeks, there have been bailiffs by it night and day, and will not let it be buried. I think it should almost distract his wife, and more so when she reflects it is chiefly by her means the poor remains of him are used in so shocking a manner, for I believe it will be hardly in her power to do justice to many of his creditors.
HMC Hastings, iii. 10-11.