The Wolstenholme Baronetcy, of London, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 10 January 1665 for John Wolstenholme

Sir John Wolstenholme, 1st Baronet

Sir John Wolstenholme, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640. He supported the Royalist side in the English Civil War.Wolstenholme was the son of Sir John Wolstenholme and his wife Catherine Fanshaw...

, who had previously represented West Looe

West Looe (UK Parliament constituency)

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, Newport

Newport (UK Parliament constituency)

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 and Queenborough

Queenborough (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in Parliament. He had been heavily fined by the Parliamentarians for supporting the Royal cause during the Civil War

English Civil War

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. The third Baronet sat as Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Middlesex

Middlesex (UK Parliament constituency)

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. The title became extinct on the death of the seventh Baronet in 1762.

Wolstenholme Baronets, of London (1665)

• Sir John Wolstenholme, 1st Baronet
  Sir John Wolstenholme, 1st Baronet
  Sir John Wolstenholme, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640. He supported the Royalist side in the English Civil War.Wolstenholme was the son of Sir John Wolstenholme and his wife Catherine Fanshaw...
  
   (c. 1596–1670)
  • John Wolstenholme
• Sir Thomas Wolstenholme, 2nd Baronet (c. 1622–1691)
• Sir John Wolstenholme, 3rd Baronet (1649–1709)
• Sir Nicholas Wolstenholme, 4th Baronet (1676–1717)
• Sir William Wolstenholme, 5th Baronet (1689–1724)
• Sir Thomas Wolstenholme, 6th Baronet (c. 1660–1738)
• Sir Francis Wolstenholme, 7th Baronet (d. 1762)