Sir William Meredith, 3rd Baronet
Sir William Meredith, 3rd Baronet (c.1725 – 2 January 1790) was a British politician of the late 18th Century, one of the Rockingham Whigs.
He was the son of Amos Meredith (1688-1745) of Chester and Anne St. John, his second wife and was educated at Christ Church, Oxford. He was one of nine children; 1. Anna-Maria, 2. Mary, 3. Elizabeth, 4. Henrietta (married Hon. Frederick Vane, brother of Henry Vane, 2nd Earl of Darlington), 5. William (himself), 6. Martha, 7. Theophilus, 8. Anna-Margaretta (third wife of Assheton Curzon, 1st Viscount Curzon), and 9. Mary (widow of the infamous Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers, later married Lord Frederick Campbell).[1][2][3] In 1752 he inherited his title and estates on the death of his grandfather, Sir William Meredith, 2nd Baronet.
Meredith represented Wigan in the House of Commons from 1754 to 1761,[4] and then Liverpool until 1780.[5] From 1765 to 1766, he briefly served as a Lord of the Admiralty. He was sworn of the Privy Council and appointed Comptroller of the Household in 1774.[6]
He was an extravagant man and in 1779 was obliged to sell the family estate at Henbury, Cheshire to John Bower Jodrell for £24,000.
He died in Lyons, France on 2 January 1790. He had never married and the baronetcy became extinct. The town of Meredith, New Hampshire is named for him.
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Parliament of Great Britain | ||
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Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Wigan 1754–1761 With: Hon. Richard Barry |
Succeeded by Fletcher Norton Simon Luttrell |
Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Liverpool 1761–1780 With: Sir Ellis Cunliffe 1761–1767 Richard Pennant 1767–1780 |
Succeeded by Bamber Gascoyne Henry Rawlinson |
Political offices | ||
Preceded by | Comptroller of the Household 1774–1777 |
Succeeded by The Lord Onslow |
Baronetage of Nova Scotia | ||
Preceded by | Baronet (of Marston) 1732–1790 |
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