WHARTON, Hon. Thomas (1648-1715), of Winchendon, nr. Aylesbury and Wooburn, nr. Chipping Wycombe, Bucks.

Family and Education

bap. 23 Oct. 1648, 3rd but 1st surv. s. of Philip, 4th Baron Wharton; bro. of Hon. Goodwin* and Hon. Henry Wharton†. educ. privately at home; Protestant academy at Caen 1662–4; travelled abroad (France, Italy, German States, Netherlands) 1664–6. m. (1) 16 Sept. 1673 (with £2,500 p.a. and £10,000), Anne (d. 1685), da. and coh. of Sir Henry Lee, 3rd Bt., of Quarrendon, Bucks. and Ditchley, Oxon., s.p.; (2) July 1692, Lucy (d. 1717), da. of Adam Loftus, 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. Carswell, Old Cause, 30–36; Wharton Mems. 13; PCC 204 Fagg.

Offices Held

Commr. recusants Bucks. 1675; custos rot. Bucks. 1689–1702, Westmld. 1700–2, 1706–14, Oxon. 1697–1702, 1714–d.; high steward, Malmesbury 1689–98, 1704–11, Chipping Wycombe 1694–d., Tewkesbury 1710–d.; freeman, Chipping Wycombe 1691, Woodstock 1697, Appleby 1700, Dublin 1709; ld. lt. Oxon. 1697–1702, Bucks. Jan.– June 1702; alderman, Appleby 1700, mayor 1708–9. Coll. Top. et Gen. i. 297–8; Wycombe Ledger Bk. ed. Ashford, 38; J. Bennett, Hist. Tewkesbury, 415; First Ledger Bk. of Wycombe ed. Greaves (Bucks. Rec. Soc. xi), 233; Woodstock council acts, 1679–99; Cumbria RO (Kendal), Appleby bor. recs. WSMB/A min. bk. 3, 6 Aug. 1700; Cal. Ancient Recs. Dublin ed. Gilbert, vi. 397; W. A. Speck, Tory and Whig, 51.

PC 19 Feb. 1689; comptroller of Household 21 Feb. 1689–Apr. 1702; commr. to reform abuses in army 1689; appeals for prizes 1695; for union with Scotland 1706; c.j. in eyre, south of Trent Apr. 1697–June 1702, Aug. 1706–Dec. 1710; ld. lt. [I] Dec. 1708–Oct. 1710; col. Drag. [I] Apr.– Oct. 1710; ld. privy seal 23 Sept. 1714–d.

Asst. Mines Adventurers 1693; commr. Greenwich Hosp. (ex officio) 1695; Q. Anne’s Bounty 1704. CSP Dom. 1693, p. 207; J. Cooke and J. Maule, Hist. Acct. Greenwich Hosp. 8–30; A. Savidge, Q. Anne’s Bounty, 124.

Parlimentarian

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

Main residences: Winchendon, nr. Aylesbury; Wooburn, nr. Chipping Wycombe, Bucks.

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Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

WHARTON, Hon. Thomas (1648-1715)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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