Sir John Wray, 3rd Baronet (21 September 1619 - died October 1664) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons

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  in 1654.

Wray was the son of Sir John Wray, 2nd Baronet

Sir John Wray, 2nd Baronet

Sir John Wray, 2nd Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1648...

 and his wife Grisella Bethell, daughter of Sir Hugh Bethell of Ellerton

Ellerton

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. He matriculated from Magdalene College, Cambridge

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 at Easter 1635 and was awarded MA in 1636.

In 1654, Wray was elected Member of Parliament

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 for Lincolnshire

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 for the First Protectorate Parliament

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. He succeeded his father as baronet

Wray Baronets

There have been two Wray Baronetcies, both created in the Baronetage of England. The first was created on 25 November 1611 for William Wray of Glentworth, Lincolnshire, and became extinct upon the death of the 15th Baronet in 1809. The second was created on 27 June 1660 for William Wray of Ashby,...

 in December 1655.

Wray died at the age of 45 and was buried at Glentworth, Lincolnshire on 29 October 1664. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his brother Christopher.

Wray married firstly Elizabeth D'Ewes, widow of Sir Simonds D'Ewes. He married secondly, in 1661, Sarah Evelyn, daughter of Sir John Evelyn

John Evelyn (Parliamentarian)

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 of West Dean, Wiltshire who subsequently married George Saunderson, 5th Viscount Castleton

George Saunderson, 5th Viscount Castleton

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. His sole surviving issue was a daughter by his second wife.