| Constituency | Dates |
|---|---|
| New Woodstock | [1690], 1708 – 16 Mar. 1714, 1714 – 16 Mar. 1714, 1715 – 25 Aug. 1721 |
Family and Education
b. 6 Sept. 1667, o.s. of Thomas Wheate of Glympton Park by Frances, da. of Sir Robert Jenkinson, 1st Bt., M.P., of Walcot, Oxon. m. bef. 1688, Anne, da. and coh. of George Sawbridge of London, bookseller, 2s. 2da. suc. fa. 1668; cr. Bt. 2 May 1696.
Offices Held
Sheriff, Oxon. 1696 – 97; storekeeper of the Ordnance Mar. 1717 – d.
Address
Main residence: Glympton Park, Oxon.
biography text
Wheate’s grandfather, William Wheate of Coventry, bought Glympton, four miles from Woodstock, in 1633.1Oxfordshire Rec. Soc. v. 26. Returned for Woodstock as a Whig in 1715, he voted with the Administration in every recorded division. According to Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, he would ‘not have been chose at Woodstock but for the Duke of Marlborough, who paid all the expense for him’ and saved him ‘from great distress by giving him a place in the Ordnance’ in 1717.2To Lady Abingdon, 12 July 1727, Marlborough mss. He died 25 Aug. 1721.
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