Family and Education
b. 18 Feb. 1675, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir Christopher Wren* by 1st w. educ. Eton c.1686–91; Pembroke, Camb. 1691; M. Temple 1694; travelled abroad (France, ?Italy) 1698, (Holland) 1705. m. (1) 14 May 1706, Mary (d. 1712), da. of Philip Musard of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster, jeweller to Q. Anne, 3s. (2 d.v.p.); (2) 8 Nov. 1715 (with £6,000), Constance (d. 1734), da. of Sir Thomas Middleton*, wid. of Sir Roger Burgoyne, 4th Bt., of Wroxall, 1s. suc. fa. 1723. C. Wren, Parentalia, p. ix; Wren Soc. xix. 153; Eton Coll. Reg. 1441–1698, p. 380; IGI, London; Genealogists’ Mag. iv. 2; Add. ch. 16169; J. W. Rylands, Recs. Wroxall Abbey, p. xl.
Offices Held
FRS 1693.
Dep.-clerk of works ?1694–?1702; chief clerk of works 1702–16.
Commr. building 50 new churches 1711–15.
Freeman, New Windsor 1711.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: St. James’s Street, Westminster, Mdx.; Wroxall, Warws.
Volume
Commons 1690-1715
Web Title
WREN, Christopher (1675-1747)
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