Sir William Whitmore, 2nd Baronet
Sir William Whitmore, 2nd Baronet (6 April 1637 – 30 March 1699) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1661 to 1699.
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Whitmore was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Whitmore, 1st Baronet of Apley Hall, Shropshire and his wife Elizabeth Acton, daughter of Sir William Acton, 1st Baronet (1570-1651). He succeeded in 1653 to the baronetcy on the death of his father, who had been MP for Bridgnorth.[1]
In 1660, Whitmore was elected Member of Parliament for the county of Shropshire and then for the borough of Bridgnorth from the Cavalier Parliament called in 1661, until his death in 1699.[2]
Sir William married Mary Harvey, daughter of Elias Harvey of London. He died aged 61 without issue and the baronetcy became extinct.[1] Apley Hall passed to his cousin William.
References
[edit]- ^ a b J. Burke and J.B. Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England (Scott Webster and Geary, London 1837), p. 563 (Google).
- ^ M.W. Helms/J.S. Crossette, 'Whitmore, Sir William, 2nd Bt. (1637-99), of Apley Park, Salop.', in B.D. Henning (ed.), The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1660-1690 (from Boydell and Brewer 1983), History of Parliament Online.