WERDEN, Sir John, 1st Bt. (1640-1716), of Cholmeaton, Cheshire and Whitehall.

Family and Education

b. 25 Mar. 1640, 1st s. of Robert Werden. educ. M. Temple, entered 1653, called 1660. m. (1) 22 Oct. 1672, Lucy (bur. 7 Feb. 1679), da. of Gilbert Osborne, rector of Withington, Glos., s.p.; (2) Mary (bur. 22 Aug. 1683), da. of William Osborne of Kennford, Devon, 1s. 2da. cr. Bt. 28 Nov. 1672; suc. fa. 1690.Westminster Abbey Reg. (Harl. Soc. x.), 8; PCC 144 Ruthven.

Offices Held

Baron of the Exchequer, Chester 1664 – d.; j.p. Essex, Hants, Kent, Mdx., Suff., Surr. and Suss. 1672 – 80; freeman, Portsmouth 1675; dep. lt. London 1687–9.CSP Dom. 1664–5, p. 73; 1687–9, p. 62; Ormerod, Cheshire, i. 89; R. East, Portsmouth Recs. 361; HMC Lords, iii. 46.

Sec. of embassy to Spain and Portugal 1667 – 68, 1669 – 70; envoy extraordinary to Sweden 1670 – 72, sec. of Admiralty 1672 – 73, to Duke of York 1673 – 85, commr. of the navy 1673 – 80; trustee for Prince George of Denmark 1684 – 1702; commr. of customs 1685 – 94, 1703 – 15; surveyor-gen. to Queen Mary of Modena 1687-Dec. 1688.Sandwich mss, letters from foreign ambassadors, f. 23; letters to ministers, f. 83; CSP Dom. 1670, pp. 330, 378; 1672, p. 597; Cal. Treas. Bks. vii. 1123; x. 739; xvii. 179; xviii. 315.

Parlimentarian

WERDEN, Sir John, 1st Bt. (1640-1716), of Cholmeaton, Cheshire and Whitehall.

Main residences: Cholmeaton, Cheshire; Whitehall.

Author

J.S.C.

B.D.H.

Volume

Commons 1660-1690

Web Title

WERDEN, Sir John (1640-1716)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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