Sir Thomas Wheate, 2nd Baronet (2 March 1693 – 1 May 1746) was an English

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 politician

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 who was the Member of Parliament

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 for Woodstock from 1722 to 1727.

Son of Sir Thomas Wheate, 1st Baronet

Sir Thomas Wheate, 1st Baronet

Sir Thomas Wheate, 1st Baronet was an English politician who was the Member of Parliament for Woodstock from 1690 to 1695 and from 1708 to 1721.He lived at Glympton Park, near Woodstock...

, whom he succeeded in the baronetcy in 1721. He lived at Glympton Park

Glympton Park

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, near Woodstock

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He was Member of Parliament for Woodstock

Woodstock (UK Parliament constituency)

Woodstock, sometimes called New Woodstock, was a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom. It comprised the town of Woodstock in the county of Oxfordshire and the surrounding countryside and villages, and elected two Members of Parliament from its re-enfranchisement in 1553 until 1832...

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married to Mary Gould, buried at Glympton, Oxfordshire

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and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his brother, George Wheate.