WHARTON, Philip (1613-96) | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

b. 8 Apr. 1613, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Wharton of Aske (d.1622), and Philadelphia, da. of Robert Carey,^† earl of Monmouth; bro. of Thomas Wharton^‡. educ. Eton 1624-5; Exeter Coll. Oxf. matric. 3 Mar. 1626; travelled abroad 1629-32; adm. L. Inn 18 Jan. 1638. m. (1) Sept. 1632 Elizabeth (1613-35), da. of Sir Rowland Wandesford of Pickhill, Yorks., 1da.; (2) Sept. 1637 Jane (1614-58), da. of Arthur Goodwin^‡ of Winchendon, Bucks., 6s. (3 d.v.p.), 5da. (?4 d.v.p.); (3) 24 Aug. 1661 Anne (1615-92), da. of William Kerr, wid. of Edward Popham, 1s. (d.v.p.). d. 4 or 5 Feb.1696; will 1 Feb. 1696, pr. 21 Feb. 1696. G.F.T. Jones, Saw-Pit Wharton, 17; VCH Yorks. North Riding, i. 360; Morrice, Ent’ring bk. iv. 196; TNA, PROB 11/430.

Offices Held

PC 13 Feb. 1689–d. Timberland, i. 342.

Ld. lt., (Parl.) Lancs., Bucks. 1642, Westmld. 1644. Saw-Pit Wharton, 42–5, 48; Private Journals of the Long Parliament ed. V. Snow and Steele Young, (1992), iii. 127, 159n., 198n.

Col. regt. ft. (Parl.) 1642.

Parlimentarian

WHARTON, Philip (1613-96)

Associated with: Healaugh, Yorks.; Wooburn, Bucks.; Winchendon, Bucks.VCH Yorks. North Riding, i. 241; B. Dale, The Good Lord Wharton (1901), 42.;

Likenesses

oil on canvas by Sir A. van Dyck, 1632, National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA, 1937.1.50; (with 2nd wife) oil on canvas, by unknown artist, c.1656, Wycombe Museum; oil on canvas by Sir G. Kneller, 1685, Tate Britain, T12029.

Author

Eagles, Robin

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

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