Andrew Wilkinson was a British politician and racehorse breeder.

A resident of Boroughbridge

Boroughbridge

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, he was returned in 1735 as Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Aldborough

Aldborough (UK Parliament constituency)

Aldborough was a parliamentary borough located in the West Riding of Yorkshire, abolished in the Great Reform Act of 1832. Aldborough returned two Members of Parliament from 1558 until 1832....

, succeeding his late father-in-law William Jessop. He would retain the seat until 1772, with the exception of the years 1765–1768, when he was displaced by Viscount Villiers

George Villiers, 4th Earl of Jersey

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By his marriage to Barbara Jessop, he inherited Broom Hall

Broom Hall

Broom Hall is a historic house in the City of Sheffield, England that gives its name to the surrounding Broomhall district of the city. The earliest part of the house is timber-framed; it has been tree-ring dated to c1498, and was built by the de Wickersley family, whose ancestral home was at...

. On his death in 1784, it was left to his eldest son, Rev. James Wilkinson. His third son, also named Andrew, became a captain in the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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