WHEATE, Sir Thomas, 1st Bt. (1667-1721), of Glympton Park, Oxon.

Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754, ed. R. Sedgwick, 1970
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Constituency

Dates

1690 - 1695
1708 - 16 Mar. 1714
24 Mar. 1714 - 25 Aug. 1721

Family and Education

b. 6 Sept. 1667, o.s. of Thomas Wheate of Glympton Park by Frances, da. of Sir Robert Jenkinson, 1st Bt., M.P., of Walcot, Oxon. m. bef. 1688, Anne, da. and coh. of George Sawbridge of London, bookseller, 2s. 2da. suc. fa. 1668; cr. Bt. 2 May 1696.

Offices Held

Sheriff, Oxon. 1696-7; storekeeper of the Ordnance Mar. 1717-d.

Biography

Wheate’s grandfather, William Wheate of Coventry, bought Glympton, four miles from Woodstock, in 1633.1 Returned for Woodstock as a Whig in 1715, he voted with the Administration in every recorded division. According to Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, he would ‘not have been chose at Woodstock but for the Duke of Marlborough, who paid all the expense for him’ and saved him ‘from great distress by giving him a place in the Ordnance’ in 1717.2 He died 25 Aug. 1721.

Ref Volumes: 1715-1754

Author: Eveline Cruickshanks

Notes

  • 1. Oxfordshire Rec. Soc. v. 26.
  • 2. To Lady Abingdon, 12 July 1727, Marlborough mss.