Sir Walter Yonge, 3rd Baronet
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Sir Walter Yonge, 3rd Baronet of Colliton (8 September 1653 – 18 July 1731) was the father of Sir William Yonge
, 4th Baronet and great-grandson of Walter Yonge of Colyton
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Yonge was a Member of Parliament
for more than a quarter of a century. He entered Parliament in 1679 as MP for Honiton
, and subsequently also represented Ashburton
.
William Yonge
Sir William Yonge, 4th Baronet KCB FRS , English politician, was the son of Sir Walter Yonge, and great-great-grandson of Walter Yonge of Colyton , whose diaries , more especially four volumes now in the British Museum Sir William Yonge, 4th Baronet KCB FRS (ca. 1693 – 10 August 1755), English...
, 4th Baronet and great-grandson of Walter Yonge of Colyton
Walter Yonge of Colyton
Walter Yonge of Colyton and Devon was an English lawyer, merchant and diarist.-Life:He was the ancestor of Sir George Yonge, and great-great-grandson of John Yonge of Colliton and Devon, a well known merchant in Elizabethan England....
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Yonge was a Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for more than a quarter of a century. He entered Parliament in 1679 as MP for Honiton
Honiton (UK Parliament constituency)
Honiton was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Honiton in east Devon, formerly represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It sent members intermittently from 1300, consistently from 1640. It elected two Members of Parliament until it was...
, and subsequently also represented Ashburton
Ashburton (UK Parliament constituency)
Ashburton was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament at Westminster, for one Parliament in 1298 and regularly from 1640 until it was abolished for the 1868 general election. It was one of three Devon borough constituencies newly enfranchised in the Long...
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