DASHWOOD, Sir Francis, 1st Bt. (c.1658-1724), of St. Botolph without Bishopsgate, London, and West Wycombe, Bucks.

b. c. 1658, 3rd s. of Francis Dashwood, Saddler and Turkey merchant, alderman of London 1658, by Alice, da. of Richard Sleigh of Derbys.; bro. of Sir Samuel Dashwood*; bro.-in-law of Fulke Greville†, 5th Baron Brooke. m. (1) lic. 13 Apr. 1683, aged 25, Mary (d. by 1695), da. of John Jennings of St. Margaret’s, Westminster, 1s. d.v.p. 2da.; (2) lic. 30 May 1705, Lady Mary (d. 1710), da. of Sir Vere Fane*, 4th Earl of Westmorland, 1s. 1da.; (3) 17 June 1712, Mary (d. 1719), prob. da. of Major Charles King (bro. of Thomas King*), 2s. 2da. (1 ); (4) 21 July 1720, Lady Elizabeth (d. 1736), da. of Thomas Windsor, 1st Earl of Plymouth, and sis. of Hon. Andrews Windsor*, Hon. Dixie Windsor*, and Thomas, 1st Visct. Windsor [I]*, s.p. Kntd. 29 Oct. 1702; cr. Bt. 28 June 1707. IGI, London; Le Neve’s Knights (Harl. Soc. viii), 388; J. R. Woodhead, Rulers of London (London and Mdx. Arch Soc.), 56–57; ‘London Inhabitants without the Walls, 1695’ (t/s in Guildhall Lib.).