Richard Winwood (MP)
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Richard Winwood was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons
at various times between 1641 and 1685.
Winwood was the son of Sir Ralph Winwood
and his wife Elizabeth Ball, daughter of Nicholas Ball of Totnes, and stepdaughter of Sir Thomas Bodley. His father was Secretary of State
in the time of King James I and was granted Ditton Park
in Buckinghamshire. His father died in 1617 and left the estates to his mother for his lifetime. However in around 1640 he acquired the manor of Wexham
.
In 1641, Winwood was elected Member of Parliament
for Windsor
in the Long Parliament
after the previous occupant was expelled on 27 May 1641 for saying the House of Commons had committed murder in the prosecution of Strafford. In December 1648, he was excluded from parliament under Pride's Purge
. In 1659 he succeeded to the Ditton Park estate on the death of his mother. He also inherited the manors of Bawdeswell
and Sparham
in Norfolk, which he subsequently sold to Alexander Pitfield of London.
In 1660, Winwood stood for Windsor for the Convention Parliament but his election was declared void. He was elected MP for Windsor in April 1679 and again in November 1680, sitting until March 1685.
Winwood died at the age of 79
Winwood was survived by his widow who died in 1693 but had no children to inherit. One of his sisters, Anne Winwood married Edward Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu of Boughton
, and their son Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu
inherited the Ditton Park estate.
House of Commons of England
The House of Commons of England was the lower house of the Parliament of England from its development in the 14th century to the union of England and Scotland in 1707, when it was replaced by the House of Commons of Great Britain...
at various times between 1641 and 1685.
Winwood was the son of Sir Ralph Winwood
Ralph Winwood
Sir Ralph Winwood was an English diplomat and politician.-Life:He was born at Aynhoe in Northamptonshire and educated at St John's College, Oxford....
and his wife Elizabeth Ball, daughter of Nicholas Ball of Totnes, and stepdaughter of Sir Thomas Bodley. His father was Secretary of State
Secretary of State (England)
In the Kingdom of England, the title of Secretary of State came into being near the end of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I , the usual title before that having been King's Clerk, King's Secretary, or Principal Secretary....
in the time of King James I and was granted Ditton Park
Ditton Park
Ditton Park was part of the Manor of Ditton which was in what was formerly the south east corner of the English county of Buckinghamshire, before the county boundary reorganisations of 1974 & 1998 which moved it to the Slough Unitary Authority, which is in the ceremonial county of Berkshire.Ditton...
in Buckinghamshire. His father died in 1617 and left the estates to his mother for his lifetime. However in around 1640 he acquired the manor of Wexham
Wexham
Wexham is a settlement and civil parish in the county of Buckinghamshire. It is on the borders of the unitary authority of Slough and the non-metropolitan county of Berkshire, in southern England....
.
In 1641, Winwood was elected Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for Windsor
Windsor (UK Parliament constituency)
Windsor is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. In its modern form, it elects one Member of Parliament by the first-past-the-post system of election.-Boundaries:...
in the Long Parliament
Long Parliament
The Long Parliament was made on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars. It received its name from the fact that through an Act of Parliament, it could only be dissolved with the agreement of the members, and those members did not agree to its dissolution until after the English Civil War and...
after the previous occupant was expelled on 27 May 1641 for saying the House of Commons had committed murder in the prosecution of Strafford. In December 1648, he was excluded from parliament under Pride's Purge
Pride's Purge
Pride’s Purge is an event in December 1648, during the Second English Civil War, when troops under the command of Colonel Thomas Pride forcibly removed from the Long Parliament all those who were not supporters of the Grandees in the New Model Army and the Independents...
. In 1659 he succeeded to the Ditton Park estate on the death of his mother. He also inherited the manors of Bawdeswell
Bawdeswell
Bawdeswell is a small rural village and civil parish in the Breckland district of the county of Norfolk, England. At the time of the 2001 census it had a population of 766 and an area of 487 hectares with some 316 households. As of August 2010 there are 354 dwellings some of which are holiday lets...
and Sparham
Sparham
Sparham is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 291 in 109 households as of the 2001 census...
in Norfolk, which he subsequently sold to Alexander Pitfield of London.
In 1660, Winwood stood for Windsor for the Convention Parliament but his election was declared void. He was elected MP for Windsor in April 1679 and again in November 1680, sitting until March 1685.
Winwood died at the age of 79
Winwood was survived by his widow who died in 1693 but had no children to inherit. One of his sisters, Anne Winwood married Edward Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu of Boughton
Edward Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu of Boughton
Edward Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu of Boughton was an English peer and politician.-Life:He was born at Weekley on 11 July 1616, the son of Edward Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu of Boughton. He was educated at Oundle School and entered Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, on 2 March 1631...
, and their son Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu
Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu
Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu was an English courtier and diplomat.-Life:He was the second son of Edward Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu of Boughton and Anne Winwood, daughter of the Secretary of State Ralph Winwood...
inherited the Ditton Park estate.