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Sir William Wray, 1st Baronet, of Ashby

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succeeded him to the baronetcy of Ashby. Sir Christopher also succeeded as 6th Baronet to the earlier Wray baronetcy of Glentworth following the death of Sir Bethell Wray, 5th Baronet without male issue in 1672.
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army and he may have served as a captain. He succeeded to the estates of Ashby on the death of his father in February 1645 and was travelling abroad later in the year when he was elected
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by which time he was reckoned a Royalist. He was knighted on 6 June 1660 and was created a
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in the same year. He was elected MP for Grimsby again in 1656 for the
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The Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland
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of Ashby, Lincolnshire, and his wife, Albinia Cecil, daughter of
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of the Mote, Maidstone and had 3 sons and 5 daughters. His son
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in 1648. He was elected MP for Grimsby again in 1654 for the
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Wray married in or before 1652 Olympia Tufton, daughter of
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In April 1660, Wray was elected again for Grimsby in the
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Members of the Parliament of England for Great Grimsby
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In the Civil War, his father raised a regiment in the
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Index

House of Commons
Sir Christopher Wray
Edward Cecil, 1st Viscount Wimbledon
Sir William Wray, 1st Baronet, of Glentworth
Lincoln's Inn
Parliamentarian
Member of Parliament
Great Grimsby
Long Parliament
Pride's Purge
First Protectorate Parliament
Beaumaris Castle
Second Protectorate Parliament
Third Protectorate Parliament
Convention Parliament
baronet
Sir Humfrey Tufton, 1st Baronet
Christopher



George Edward Cokayne Complete Baronetage, Volume 3


History of Parliament Online - Wray, William
Parliament of England
Christopher Wray
Gervase Holles
Member of Parliament
Great Grimsby

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