CHEYNE, Hon. William (1657-1728), of Chesham Bois, Bucks.

Family and Education

bap. 14 July 1657, o. s. of Charles Cheyne*, 1st Visct. Newhaven [S], by his 1st w. educ. Brasenose, Oxf. 1671. m. (1) 16 Dec. 1675, Elizabeth (d. 1677), da. of Edmund Thomas of Wenvoe, Glam., s.p.; (2) 6 May 1680, Gertrude (d. 1732), da. of Robert Pierrepont of Thoresby, Notts. and sis. of Evelyn Pierrepont*, s.p. suc. fa. as 2nd Visct. Newhaven [S] 30 June 1698.

Offices Held

Commr. for privy seal 1690–2; clerk of the pipe 1703–6, 1711–Dec. 1727. Cal. Treas. Bks. ix. 736, 1828; xviii. 353–4; xxi. 118; xxv. 433; xxix. 346.

Freeman, Hertford 1698; ld. lt. Bucks. June– Dec. 1702, 1712–14. Herts. RO, Hertford bor. recs. 25/100.

Parlimentarian

CHEYNE, William (1657-1728), of Chesham Bois, Bucks.

Main residence: Chesham Bois, Bucks.

Author

E.C.

S.N.H.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

CHEYNE, Hon. William (1657-1728)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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