Walter Chetwynd, 1st Viscount Chetwynd
Walter Chetwynd, 1st Viscount Chetwynd (3 June 1678 – 21 February 1736), of
Chetwynd was the eldest son of John Chetwynd of Ingestre and his wife Lucy Roane, daughter of Robert Roane of Tullesworth, Chaldon, Surrey, and was baptized on 3 June 1678. In 1693 he succeeded to the Ingestre estates on the death of his cousin Walter Chetwynd (1633–1693). He was educated at Westminster School from 1692 to 1696 and matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 28 May 1696, aged 18.[1] He married Mary Berkeley, daughter of John Berkeley, 4th Viscount Fitzhardinge on 27 May 1703.[2]
Chetwynd was returned unopposed as
Chetwynd was returned again as MP for Safford in 1715. In 1717 he was elevated to an Irish Peerage as Viscount Chetwynd, with special remainder to his father's descendants. In the same year he was appointed high steward of Stafford. He lost his seat at the 1722 general election but was returned again at a by-election on 4 February 1725. He was returned again in 1727 but did not stand in 1734.[3]
Chetwynd died on 21 February 1736. He and his wife had no children, so that his title and estates devolved upon his brother, John.
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References
- ^ Foster, Joseph. "'Chaffey-Chivers', in Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, ed. Joseph Foster (Oxford, 1891), pp. 255-273". British History Online. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ^ a b "CHETWYND, Walter II (1678-1736), of Ingestre, Staffs". History of Parliament Online (1690-1715). Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ^ "CHETWYND, Walter (?1677-1736), of Ingestre, nr. Stafford". History of Parliament Online (1715-1754). Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ^ Burke's Peerage. 1868.