Family and Education
b. ?1725, 1st s. of Amos Meredith by Joanna, da. of Thomas Cholmondeley, M.P., of Vale Royal, Cheshire.Ormerod, Cheshire (1882), iii. 708. educ. Westminster, Oct. 1738, aged 13; Ch. Ch. Oxf. 24 Mar. 1743, aged 18.See also T. A. Walker, Adm. to Peterhouse, 1615-1911, p. 325. unm. Sisters of his m. Lord Frederick Campbell, Barlow Trecothick, and Frederick Vane. suc. fa. 1745; gd.-fa. as 3rd Bt. Jan. 1752.
Offices Held
Ld. of Admiralty July 1765 – Dec. 1766; P.C. 9 Mar. 1774; comptroller of the Household Mar. 1774 – Dec. 1777.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Henbury, Cheshire; Pierrepont, Surr.
Volume
Commons 1754-1790
Web Title
MEREDITH, Sir William, 3rd Bt. (?1725-90)
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