Sir Christopher Wyvill, 3rd Baronet
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Sir Christopher Wyvill, 3rd Baronet (1614 - 8 February 1681) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons
in 1659 and 1660.
Wyvill was the son of Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, 2nd Baronet of Constable Burton Hall
and his wife Isabel Gascoigne, daughter of Sir WIlliam Gascoigne of Sedbury Yorkshire. He was baptised on 6 December 1614. Wyvill is credited with a rare little octavo in the Bodleian Library
entitled Certaine serious Thoughts which at severall times & upon sundry occasions have stollen themselves into verse and now into the publike view from the author [monogram, ‘C. W.’], Esquire. Together with a chronological table denoteing the names of such Princes as ruled the neighbour states & were contemporary with our English Kings published in London in 1647. This volume of verse is described at some length in Brydges's Censura Literaria (1808, vii. 261–4), and there dubiously attributed to C. Warwick. The Wyvill arms on the title-page point almost conclusively to (Sir) Christopher's authorship, which is conjecturally adopted in the British Museum Catalogue. Wyvill inherited the baronetcy
on the death of his father in 1648.
In 1659, Wyvill was elected Member of Parliament
for Richmond in the Third Protectorate Parliament
.
In 1660, Wyvill was elected MP for Richmond in the Convention Parliament. He was the author of an anti-papal duodecimo entitled The Pretensions of the Triple Crown published in London in 1672.
Wyvill died at the age of 66
Wyvill married Ursula Darcy, daughter of Conyers, Lord Darcy
. His son William succeeded him in the baronetcy.
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...
in 1659 and 1660.
Wyvill was the son of Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, 2nd Baronet of Constable Burton Hall
Constable Burton Hall
Constable Burton Hall is a handsome mansion of dressed stone in the village of Constable Burton in North Yorkshire whose owners are the Wyvill Family. The house has an elegant Ionic portico in and the principal entrance is approached by a double flight of steps...
and his wife Isabel Gascoigne, daughter of Sir WIlliam Gascoigne of Sedbury Yorkshire. He was baptised on 6 December 1614. Wyvill is credited with a rare little octavo in the Bodleian Library
Bodleian Library
The Bodleian Library , the main research library of the University of Oxford, is one of the oldest libraries in Europe, and in Britain is second in size only to the British Library...
entitled Certaine serious Thoughts which at severall times & upon sundry occasions have stollen themselves into verse and now into the publike view from the author [monogram, ‘C. W.’], Esquire. Together with a chronological table denoteing the names of such Princes as ruled the neighbour states & were contemporary with our English Kings published in London in 1647. This volume of verse is described at some length in Brydges's Censura Literaria (1808, vii. 261–4), and there dubiously attributed to C. Warwick. The Wyvill arms on the title-page point almost conclusively to (Sir) Christopher's authorship, which is conjecturally adopted in the British Museum Catalogue. Wyvill inherited the baronetcy
Wyvill Baronets
The Wyvill Baronetcy, of Constable Burton in the County of York, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 25 November 1611 Marmaduke Wyvill, the former Member of Parliament for Richmond. The fifth and sixth Baronets also represented Richmond in the House of Commons...
on the death of his father in 1648.
In 1659, Wyvill 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 Richmond in the Third Protectorate Parliament
Third Protectorate Parliament
The Third Protectorate Parliament sat for one session, from 27 January 1659 until 22 April 1659, with Chaloner Chute and Thomas Bampfylde as the Speakers of the House of Commons...
.
In 1660, Wyvill was elected MP for Richmond in the Convention Parliament. He was the author of an anti-papal duodecimo entitled The Pretensions of the Triple Crown published in London in 1672.
Wyvill died at the age of 66
Wyvill married Ursula Darcy, daughter of Conyers, Lord Darcy
Conyers Darcy, 1st Earl of Holderness
Conyers Darcy, 1st Earl of Holderness, 2nd Baron Darcy of Meinhill, 8th Baron Darcy de Knayth and 5th Baron Conyers was a British aristocrat who was created Earl of Holderness in 1682.-Personal life:...
. His son William succeeded him in the baronetcy.