William Widdrington, 1st Baron Widdrington
William Widdrington, 1st Baron Widdrington (11 July 1610 – 3 September 1651) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the
Royalist army in the English Civil War
and was killed in battle in 1651.
Biography
Widdrington was born on 11 July 1610, the son and heir of
Widdrington, Northumberland and his wife Mary Curwen, daughter of Sir Nicholas Curwen.[1]
Knighted in 1632,Member of Parliament for Northumberland in both the Short and the Long Parliaments of 1640 to 1642, but in August 1642 he was expelled for taking up arms in support of Charles I.[3]
During the
Lincoln in 1643, and on 2 November 1643 was elevated to the Peerage as 1st Baron Widdrington of Blankney.[3]
In 1644, after helping to defend York, and the Kings defeat at Marston Moor he left England with the Duke of Newcastle for exile in Hamburg.[3]
In 1648, he was condemned to death in his absence by the
House of Commons and his estates were confiscated. He returned in 1650 when he accompanied Charles II to Scotland and in 1651 he was mortally wounded while fighting for him at Wigan.[3]
Family
In 1629 Widdrington married Mary, daughter and heiress of Anthony Thorold of
Lincoln. They had eight sons and two daughters including:[4]
- William Widdrington, 2nd Baron Widdrington (died 1675) first son; had issue.
- Edward, who married Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Sir Thomas Horseley, of Long Horseley, Northumberland. They had at least one daughter Teresa who married William, Wheler, 3rd Baronet.[5]
- Jane, married Sir Charles Stanley, K.B., nephew of the Lord Derby.[6]
- Ralph Widdrington (MP), c. 1640-1715
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References
- ^ a b Bennett 2008.
- ^ Hunter-Blair 1843, p. 8.
- ^ a b c d e Chisholm 1911, p. 620.
- ^ Herbert 1900, p. 185.
- ^ Betham 1802, p. 161.
- ^ Herbert 1900, p. 185 cites: Hodgson, Hist. of Northumberland, ii. ii. 238; Stanley Papers, Chetham Soc. iii. i. clxxxvi.
- ^ "Widdrington, Baron (E, 1643 - 1716)".
Sources
- Hunter-Blair, C H, ed. (1843). "The Sheriffs of Northumberland". Archaeologia Aeliana: Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquities. Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne. p. 8.
- Bennett, Martyn (January 2008). "Widdrington, William, first Baron Widdrington (1610–1651)". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/29359. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- Betham, William (1802). "I. Sir William Wheler". The Baronetage of England. Vol. 2. Burrell and Bransby. p. 160.
- Herbert, John Alexander (1900). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 61. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 184–185.
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 620.
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