WHITTINGTON, Isaac (?1709-73), of Ugley, Essex

Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1754-1790, ed. L. Namier, J. Brooke., 1964
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Constituency

Dates

15 Feb. 1754 - 1761

Family and Education

b. ?1709, s. of Isaac Whittington, citizen and haberdasher of London.  educ. I. Temple 1728.  m. (1) 12 Feb. 1736, Miss Fenwick of Bedford Row, Holborn, 1da. who m. Rev. Thomas Drake, rector of Amersham, bro. of William Drake sen.; (2) 20 Dec. 1759, Miss Hawood, s.p.

Offices Held

A clerk in Chancery c.1730- d.

Biography

Whittington sat at Amersham on the Drake interest. He was listed by Dupplin in 1754 as a Tory and a practising lawyer. No vote or speech by him in Parliament is known. He did not stand in 1761, and died 25 Apr. 1773, aged 63.

Ref Volumes: 1754-1790

Author: John Brooke

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