Family and Education
b. 24 June 1747, 1st s. of Humphrey Mackworth Praed of Trevethoe by Mary. da. of William Forester of Dothill Park, Salop, wid. of Sir Brian Broughton Delwes, 4th Bt., of Broughton, Staffs. educ. Eton 1757; Magdalen Coll. Oxf. 1767. m. 19 June 1778, Elizabeth Tyringham, da. of Barnaby Backwell, banker, of Tyringham, h. of her bro. Tyringham Backwell, 7s. 3da. suc. fa. 1803.
Offices Held
Trustee, County Fire Office 1812.
Capt. Bucks. yeomanry 1795, maj. 1798, lt. col. N. Bucks. 1803.
Main residences: Tyringham, Bucks.; Trevethoe, nr. St. Ives, Cornw.
Notes
Sometimes styled William Mackworth Praed but not, it seems, correctly. His first cousin the serjeant-at-law (1756-1835) was named William Mackworth Praed and was father of Winthrop Mackworth Praed, later Member for St. Ives.
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Commons 1790-1820
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PRAED, William (1747-1833)
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