Salwey Winnington

Salwey Winnington (28 August 1666 – 6 November 1736), of Stanford Court,

Member of Parliament (MP).^[1]

Winnington was the eldest son of

Sir Francis Winnington, a lawyer and politician who was Solicitor General in the 1670s. He himself also entered the Middle Temple

to study law.

He entered Parliament in 1694 as MP for Bewdley, one of the small number of English constituencies which was represented only by a single MP, and was its member for all but two-and-a-half years of the next twenty.

In 1690, Winnington married Anne Foley, daughter of

Thomas Foley of Witley Court and sister of Lord Foley. They had one son, Thomas Winnington, who became a Member of Parliament and Privy Counsellor

, and five daughters.

References

^ "WINNINGTON, Salwey (1666-1736), of Stanford Court, Stanford-on-Teme, Worcs". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 17 August 2018.

Winnington genealogy

Parliament of England
Preceded by Henry Herbert	Member of Parliament for Bewdley 1694–1707	Succeeded by Parliament of Great Britain
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Parliament of England	Member of Parliament for Bewdley 1707–1708	Succeeded by Hon. Henry Herbert
Preceded by Anthony Lechmere	Member of Parliament for Bewdley 1710–1715	Succeeded by Grey James Grove

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[1] "WINNINGTON, Salwey (1666-1736), of Stanford Court, Stanford-on-Teme, Worcs". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 17 August 2018.

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