Sir Robert Worsley, 4th Baronet
Sir Robert Worsley, 4th Baronet (c. 1669–1747), was a British politician who sat in the
House of Commons
from 1715 to 1722.
Worsley was the eldest son of
Appuldurcombe, and his wife Mary Herbert, daughter of Hon. James Herbert of Kingsey, Buckinghamshire. In 1676, aged seven, he succeeded to the baronetcy and the manor of Appuldurcombe on the death of his father.[1] He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford, on 17 December 1684, aged 15.[2] He married by licence dated 13 August 1690 Frances Thynne, daughter of Thomas Thynne, 1st Viscount Weymouth, of Longleat, Wiltshire.[3]
Worsley was Deputy Lieutenant of Hampshire from 1699 to 1702. In 1702, he started rebuilding Appuldurcombe House which had been in his family since 1527.[3] The architect was John James.
Worsley had an interest at the parliamentary seat of
Governor of Barbados
.
Worsley died on 29 July 1747, with seven surviving daughters but no male heir.Sir Thomas Worsley, 6th Baronet, the son of his cousin James.
A monument was erected in his memory on Stenbury Down, overlooking his house.[4]
References
- ^ a b Cokayne, George Edward, ed. (1900). Complete Baronetage 1611–1625. Vol. 1. Exeter: William Pollard and Co.
- ^ "'Woodall-Wyvill', in Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, ed. Joseph Foster (Oxford, 1891), pp. 1674-1697". British History Online. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ^ a b c d "WORSLEY, Sir Robert, 4th Bt. (?1669-1747), of Appuldurcombe, I.o.W. and Chilton Condover, Hants". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ Memorials & Monuments on the Isle of Wight - Wroxall - Worsley Monument
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