Family and Education
bap. 18 Apr. 1620, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of John Churchill of Wootton Glanville, Dorset by 1st w. Sarah, da. and coh. of Sir Henry Winston of Standish, Glos. educ. St. John’s, Oxf. 1636-8; L. Inn 1637, called 1652. m. 26 May 1648 (with £1,500), Elizabeth, da. of Sir John Drake of Ashe, Musbury, Devon, 8s. (5 d.v.p.) 3da. suc. fa. 1659; Kntd. 22 Jan. 1664.St. Stephen Walbrook (Harl. Soc. Reg. xlix), 59; St. Peter, Paul’s Wharf (Harl. Soc. Reg. xxxiii), 22; Cal. Comm. Adv. Money, 1092; HMC Bath, ii. 175.
Offices Held
Capt. of horse (royalist) 1643–5.
J.p. Dorset July 1660 – d., Mdx. 1680 – d.; commr. for assessment, Dorset Aug. 1660–80, Mdx. 1664 – 69, Westminster 1679 – 80; freeman, Poole Nov. 1660; Lyme Regis 1685; commr. for loyal and indigent officers, Dorset 1662, dep. lt. 1664–d.
Commr. for settlement [I] 1662 – 69; clerk-comptroller of the green cloth 1664–d.
FRS 1664 – 85.
Main residences: Minterne Magna, Dorset; Whitehall.
Notes
This biography is based on A. L. Rowse, The Early Churchills.
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Commons 1660-1690
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CHURCHILL, Winston (1620-88)
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