Sir Edward Winnington, 2nd Baronet (14 November 1749 – 9 January 1805), of Stanford Court, Stanford-on-Teme

Stanford-on-Teme

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, Worcestershire

Worcestershire

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, was a British

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 baronet and politician.

He was the eldest son of Sir Edward Winnington, 1st Baronet

Sir Edward Winnington, 1st Baronet

Sir Edward Winnington, 1st Baronet was the son of Edward Winnington of Broadway, son of Francis Winnington of Broadway, son of Sir Francis Winnington and younger brother of Francis Winnington....

 and was educated at Christ Church, Oxford

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.

He married Anne, daughter of Thomas, 1st Lord Foley

Thomas Foley, 1st Baron Foley (1716–1777)

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, by whom he had five sons, of whom the eldest, Thomas

Sir Thomas Winnington, 3rd Baronet

Sir Thomas Edward Winnington was an English Whig and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1807 and 1837....

, succeeded him.

He was MP for Droitwich, Worcestershire

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 between 1801 and 1805. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in January 1805 but had died the day before.