WARBURTON, Sir George, 3rd Bt. (1675-1743), of Warburton and Arley, Cheshire.

Family and Education

bap. 1 June 1675, 1st s. of Sir Peter Warburton, 2nd Bt., by Martha, da. and h. of Thomas Dockwra of Putteridge, Herts. m. 18 June 1700, Diana, da. of William Alington, M.P., 1st Baron Alington of Wymondeley, 1s. d.v.p. 1da. (m. Sir Richard Grosvenor). suc. fa. c.1698.

Address

Main residences: Warburton; Arley, Cheshire.

biography text

A high church Tory1See ‘Diary of Henry Prescott’, 25 May 1705, in Cheshire Sheaf, 3 July 1940. and a member of the October Club under Anne, Warburton was reelected for Cheshire as a Tory in 1715, voting against the Government in all recorded divisions. In 1721 his name was sent to the Pretender as a probable supporter in the event of a rising.2Stuart mss 65/16. He did not stand again and died 23 June 1743, leaving an estate of upwards of £2,000 p.a. to his nephew, who succeeded him as 4th Bt.3Gent. Mag. 1743, p. 389.

Author

E.C.

Volume

Commons 1715-1754

Notes

1. See ‘Diary of Henry Prescott’, 25 May 1705, in Cheshire Sheaf, 3 July 1940.
2. Stuart mss 65/16.
3. Gent. Mag. 1743, p. 389.