Wheate Baronets
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The Wheate Baronetcy, of Glympton
in the County of Oxford, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 2 May 1696 for Thomas Wheate
, Member of Parliament
for Woodstock
. The second Baronet also represented this constituency in Parliament. The title became extinct on the death of the sixth Baronet in 1816.
The family seat was Glympton Park
, Glympton
, Oxfordshire
.
Glympton
Glympton is a village and civil parish on the River Glyme about north of Woodstock, Oxfordshire.-Prehistory:Grim's Ditch in the southern part of the parish, just north of Grim's Dyke Farm, was dug in the 1st century. The surviving section is about long....
in the County of Oxford, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 2 May 1696 for Thomas Wheate
Sir Thomas Wheate, 1st Baronet
Sir Thomas Wheate, 1st Baronet was an English politician who was the Member of Parliament for Woodstock from 1690 to 1695 and from 1708 to 1721.He lived at Glympton Park, near Woodstock...
, 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 Woodstock
Woodstock (UK Parliament constituency)
Woodstock, sometimes called New Woodstock, was a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom. It comprised the town of Woodstock in the county of Oxfordshire and the surrounding countryside and villages, and elected two Members of Parliament from its re-enfranchisement in 1553 until 1832...
. The second Baronet also represented this constituency in Parliament. The title became extinct on the death of the sixth Baronet in 1816.
The family seat was Glympton Park
Glympton Park
Glympton Park is a former deer park at Glympton, north of Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England. It includes Glympton House and has a estate including the village of Glympton, its Norman parish church of St...
, Glympton
Glympton
Glympton is a village and civil parish on the River Glyme about north of Woodstock, Oxfordshire.-Prehistory:Grim's Ditch in the southern part of the parish, just north of Grim's Dyke Farm, was dug in the 1st century. The surviving section is about long....
, Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire is a county in the South East region of England, bordering on Warwickshire and Northamptonshire , Buckinghamshire , Berkshire , Wiltshire and Gloucestershire ....
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Wheate Baronets, of Glympton (1696)
- Sir Thomas Wheate, 1st BaronetSir Thomas Wheate, 1st BaronetSir Thomas Wheate, 1st Baronet was an English politician who was the Member of Parliament for Woodstock from 1690 to 1695 and from 1708 to 1721.He lived at Glympton Park, near Woodstock...
(1667-1721) - Sir Thomas Wheate, 2nd BaronetSir Thomas Wheate, 2nd BaronetSir Thomas Wheate, 2nd Baronet was an English politician who was the Member of Parliament for Woodstock from 1722 to 1727.Son of Sir Thomas Wheate, 1st Baronet, whom he succeeded in the baronetcy in 1721...
(1693-1746) - Sir George Wheate, 3rd Baronet (c. 1700-1751)
- Sir George Wheate, 4th Baronet (d. 1760
- Sir Jacob Wheate, 5th Baronet (d. 1783)
- Sir John Thomas Wheate, 6th Baronet (1749-1816)