William Chetwynd, 4th Viscount Chetwynd

William Chetwynd, 4th Viscount Chetwynd of Bearhaven (25 November 1721 – 12 November 1791) was a British Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1747 to 1754.

The Viscount Chetwynd of Bearhaven
Member of Parliament for Stockbridge
In office
1747–1754
Serving with Daniel Boone
Preceded bySir Humphrey Monoux
Charles Churchill
Succeeded byJohn Gibbons
George Hay
Personal details
Born
William Chetwynd

(1721-11-25)25 November 1721
London, England
Died12 November 1791(1791-11-12) (aged 69)
Donnybrook Green
Political partyWhig
Spouse
Susannah Cope
(after 1751)
RelationsHenry Goulburn (grandson)
Frederick Goulburn
Granville William Chetwynd Stapylton (grandson)
Parent(s)William Chetwynd, 3rd Viscount Chetwynd
Honora Baker
Alma materHertford College, Oxford

Early life

Chetwynd House

Chetwynd was born on 25 November 1721 and was baptised on 21 December 1721 at St Martin-in-the-Fields in London. He was the eldest of two sons and four daughters of William Chetwynd, 3rd Viscount Chetwynd and the former Honora Baker. His father was an MP and diplomat who served as British Resident Minister at Genoa and, later, Master of the Mint.[1] His mother was the daughter of William Baker, Consul at Algiers in 1715.[1]

His father was the youngest son of John Chetwynd and, thus, a younger brother of Walter Chetwynd, 1st Viscount Chetwynd and John Chetwynd, 2nd Viscount Chetwynd from whom he inherited the viscountcy.[2]

He matriculated at Hertford College, Oxford on 2 December 1737.[2]

Career

He held the office of Whig Member of Parliament for Stockbridge between 1747 and 1754. He held the office of Equerry to the King between 1758 and 1760.[3]

Upon his father's death on 3 April 1770, he succeeded as the 4th Viscount Chetwynd of Bearhaven as well as the 4th Baron Rathdowne,[2] even though he had been disinherited by his father.[4] His sister Mary Chetwynd married Rev. Hon. Richard Henry Roper (son of the 8th Baron Teynham).[5]

Personal life

On 28 October 1751, he married Susannah Cope, daughter of Sir Jonathan Cope, 1st Baronet, MP, and Mary Jenkinson (the third daughter of Sir Robert Jenkinson).[6] Together, they were the parents of:[2]

Lady Chetwynd died on 3 March 1790.[6] Lord Chetwynd died at Donnybrook Green on 12 November 1791. He was buried at Christ Church, Dublin.[2]

Descendants

Through his daughter Susannah, he was a grandfather of Henry Goulburn, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Frederick Goulburn, Colonial Secretary of New South Wales, among others.[6]

Through his son Granville, he was a grandfather of Granville William Chetwynd Stapylton, a pioneer explorer and surveyor in Australia.[7]

References

  1. "CHETWYND, William Richard (?1683-1770), of Ingestre Hall, Staffs". History of Parliament Online (1754-1790). Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  2. Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. volume 1, page 766.
  3. G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume III, page 189.
  4. Stewart, Anthony Terence Quincey (1995). The Summer Soldiers: The 1798 Rebellion in Antrim and Down. Blackstaff Press. p. 183. ISBN 978-0-85640-558-7. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  5. Burke, Bernard (1865). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Harrison. p. 211. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  6. Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1914. p. 422. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  7. Cranfield, Louis R. (1967), "Stapylton, Granville William Chetwynd (1800–1840)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, archived from the original on 16 November 2019, retrieved 24 June 2020
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