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WHARTON, Hon. Henry (1657-89).

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b. 13 Jan. 1657, 5th s. of Philip, 4th Baron Wharton; bro. of Hon. Goodwin and Hon. Thomas Wharton. educ. G. Inn entered 1672. unm.
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Ensign, Coldstream Gds. 1674, lt. 1678 – 87; capt. Duke of Norfolk’s Regt. (later 12 Ft.) 1685 – ?87, col. Dec. 1688–d.E. R. Wharton, The Whartons, 41, 43; CSP Dom. 1673–5, p. 106; 1678, p. 276; 1686–7, p. 311.

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WHARTON, Humphrey (1626-94), of Gillingwood Hall, nr. Richmond, Yorks. and Kirkby Thore, Westmld.

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b. Feb. 1626, o.s. of Thomas Wharton of Gillingwood by 2nd w. Susanna, da. of Sir Thomas Hayes, Draper, of London, ld. mayor 1614-15. educ. Queen’s, Oxf. 1641; G. Inn 1647, called 1657, m. by 1649, Mary, da. of Christopher Byerley of Middridge Grange, Heighington, co. Dur., 4s. (3 d.v.p.) 3da. suc. fa. 1641.Bodl. Wharton mss 11, f. 85; Harrison, Yorks. 94.
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Main residence: Gillingwood Hall, nr. Richmond, Yorks. and Kirkby Thore, Westmld.
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WHARTON, Humphrey (1626-94)

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WHARTON, Hon. Thomas (1648-1715), of Upper Winchendon, Bucks. and Danvers House, Chelsea, Mdx.

Family and Education
bap. 23 Oct. 1648, 3rd but 1st surv. s. of Philip, 4th Baron Wharton; bro. of Goodwin Wharton and Henry Wharton. educ. privately (Theophilus Gale); Protestant academy, Caen 1663-4; travelled abroad (France, Italy, German States, Netherlands) 1664-6. m. (1) 16 Sept. 1673, Anne (d. 29 Oct. 1685), da. and coh. of Sir Henry Lee, 3rd Bt., of Quarrendon, Bucks. and Ditchley, Oxon., s.p.; (2) July 1692, Lucy, da. and h. of Adam, 1st Visct. Lisburne [I], 1s. 2da. suc. fa. as 5th Baron Wharton 4 Feb. 1696; cr. Earl of Wharton 23 Dec. 1706, Mq. of Wharton 15 Feb. 1715, Mq. of Catherlough [I] 12 Apr. 1715.J. P. Carswell, Old Cause, 33-36; Sir Richard Steele, Wharton Mems. (1715), 13, 18.
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Commr. for recusants, Bucks. 1675; j.p. Bucks. 1676 – 80, Bucks. and Mdx. 1689 – d., Oxon. 1697 – ?1702; commr. for assessment, Bucks. 1679 – 80, 1689 – 90; custos. rot. Bucks. 1689 – 1702, Oxon. 1697 – 1702, 1714 – d., Westmld. 1700 – 02, 1706 – 14; dep. lt. Bucks. 1689 – 97; ld. lt. Oxon. 1697 – 1702, Bucks. Jan. – June 1702; high steward, Malmesbury 1690 – 92, 1693 – 97, 1705 – 07, 1708 – 14, Chipping Wycombe 1694 – d., Tewkesbury 1710 – d.; ranger, Woodstock park 1690 – ?1705; freeman, Wycombe 1691, Woodstock 1697; mayor, Appleby 1708–9.Bucks. Sess. Recs. ii. p. xxiii; CSP Dom. 1697, pp. 123, 149; 1700–2, pp. 122, 486; 1702–3, p. 389; Coll. Top. et Gen. i. 297–8; Wycombe Ledger Bk. ed. Ashford, 38; J. Bennett, Hist. Tewkesbury, 415; Cal. Treas. Bks. ix. 860; First Wycombe Ledger Bk. (Bucks. Rec. Soc. xi), 233; Woodstock council acts, 1679–99; W. A. Speck, Tory and Whig, 51.

PC 19 Feb. 1689 – d.; comptroller of the Household 1689 – 1702; commr. for reform of abuses in army 1689; asst. Mines Co. 1693; c.j. in eyre (south) 1697 – 1702, 1706 – 10; commr. for union with Scotland 1706; ld. lt. [I] 1708 – 10; ld. privy seal 1714–d.CSP Dom. 1689–90, p. 97; 1693, p. 207; 1697, p. 126; 1702–3, p. 488; Luttrell, vi. 75, 666.

Col. of dgns. [I] Apr. – Oct. 1710.

Main residences: Upper Winchendon, Bucks.; Danvers House, Chelsea, Mdx.
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WHARTON, Hon. Thomas (1648-1715)

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WHARTON, Sir Thomas (c.1615-84), of Edlington, Yorks.

Family and Education
b. c. 1615, 2nd s. of Sir Thomas Wharton of Aske by Lady Philadelphia Carey, da. of Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth. educ. Eton 1624-5; Exeter, Oxf. matric. 3 Mar. 1626, aged 11; travelled abroad (France) 1629-32; L. Inn 1638. m. (1) 1645, his cos. Lady Mary Carey (d. June 1672), da. of Henry Carey, 1st Earl of Dover, 1s. 3da.; (2) lic. 20 Apr. 1677, Jane, da. of Rowland Dand of Mansfield Woodhouse, Notts., wid. of Leonard Robinson of Ravensworth, Yorks., 2da. KB 2 Feb. 1626.E. R. Wharton, Whartons of Wharton Hall, 30; CSP Dom. 1629-31, p. 52; Notts. Mar. Lic. (Index Lib. lviii), 272, 304.
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Lt.-col. of ft. [I] by 1640 – 44, capt. c. Nov. 1660–3.Rushworth, Hist. Colls. iv. 555; HMC Ormonde, i. 142, 245, 293; CSP Ire. Add. 1625–70, p. 384.

J.p. Westmld. and Yorks. (N. Riding) Mar. 1660 – d.; commr. for militia, Lincs. and Westmld. Mar. 1660, assessment (W. Riding) 1663 – 80, recusants, Westmld. and N. Riding 1675; dep. lt. (W. Riding) 1680–d.CSP Dom. 1679–80, p. 406.

Warden of the Mint 1680–d.Sir John Craig, The Mint, 172.

MP [I] 1639 – 40.

Main residence: Edlington, Yorks.
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WHARTON, Sir Thomas (c.1615-84)

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