Family and Education

bap. 1 June 1675, 1st s. of Sir Peter Warburton, 2nd Bt., by Martha, da. and h. of Thomas Dockwra of Putteridge, Herts. m. 18 June 1700, Diana, da. of William Alington, M.P., 1st Baron Alington of Wymondeley, 1s. d.v.p. 1da. (m. Sir Richard Grosvenor). suc. fa. c.1698.

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Biography

A high church Tory1 and a member of the October Club under Anne, Warburton was reelected for Cheshire as a Tory in 1715, voting against the Government in all recorded divisions. In 1721 his name was sent to the Pretender as a probable supporter in the event of a rising.2 He did not stand again and died 23 June 1743, leaving an estate of upwards of £2,000 p.a. to his nephew, who succeeded him as 4th Bt.3

Ref Volumes: 1715-1754

Author: Eveline Cruickshanks

Notes

• 1. See ‘Diary of Henry Prescott’, 25 May 1705, in Cheshire Sheaf, 3 July 1940.
• 2. Stuart mss 65/16.
• 3. Gent. Mag. 1743, p. 389.