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and his wife Sophia, daughter and co-heiress of James Herbert of Tythorpe. He was born at
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on 21 January 1779. Perhaps due to his antiquarian propensities, he was elected
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on 15 January 1781, and was made deputy steward of the University in December.
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Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies
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on 22 October 1762. On 12 May 1764, he was admitted to the
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Regius Professors of Civil Law (University of Oxford)
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Keepers of the Archives of the University of Oxford
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Thomas Wenman (died 1577)
Thomas Wenman, 2nd Viscount Wenman
The Honourable
FRS
natural historian
antiquarian
Philip Wenman, 6th Viscount Wenman
Thame Park
Thame
Oxfordshire
University College, Oxford
matriculating
Inner Temple
fellow
All Souls College, Oxford
called to the bar
civil law
BCL
DCL
Wallingford
Westbury
House of Commons
Fellow of the Royal Society
Keeper of the Archives
Oxford University
Regius Professor of Civil Law
Robert Vansittart
botany
River Cherwell
Water Eaton

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