Windebanke Baronets
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Sir Thomas Windebanke, 1st Baronet
Sir Thomas Windebanke, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640. He supported the Royalist side in the English Civil War.Windebanke was the son of Sir Francis Windebanke Secretary of State to King Charles I...
, Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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for Wootton Bassett
Wootton Bassett (UK Parliament constituency)
Wootton Bassett was a parliamentary borough in Wiltshire, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1447 until 1832, when the rotten borough was abolished by the Great Reform Act.-History:...
and Clerk of the Signet
Clerk of the Signet
The Clerks of the Signet were English officials who played an intermediate role in the passage of letters patent through the seals. For most of the history of the position, four clerks were in office simultaneously....
. He was a descendant of Sir Francis Windebank
Francis Windebank
Sir Francis Windebank was an English politician who was Secretary of State under Charles I.The only son of Sir Thomas Windebank of Hougham, Lincolnshire, who owed his advancement to the Cecil family, Francis entered St John's College, Oxford, in 1599, coming there under the influence of the...
, Secretary of State under Charles I
Charles I of England
Charles I was King of England, King of Scotland, and King of Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649. Charles engaged in a struggle for power with the Parliament of England, attempting to obtain royal revenue whilst Parliament sought to curb his Royal prerogative which Charles...
. The title became extinct on the death of the second Baronet in 1719.
Windebanke Baronets, of Haines Hill (1645)
- Sir Thomas Windebanke, 1st BaronetSir Thomas Windebanke, 1st BaronetSir Thomas Windebanke, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640. He supported the Royalist side in the English Civil War.Windebanke was the son of Sir Francis Windebanke Secretary of State to King Charles I...
(c. 1612-1669) - Sir Francis Windebanke, 2nd Baronet (c. 1656-1719)