SNEYD, William (c.1693-1745), of Bishton, Staffs.

Family and Education

b. c. 1693, 1st s. of Ralph Sneyd of the Birches, Staffs. by Elizabeth, da. and h. of John Bowyer of Bishton. educ. Clare, Camb. 1710, M. Temple 1710, called 1719. m. 8 Oct. 1724, Susanna, da. and h. of John Edmonds, London merchant, of Hendon Place, Mdx. by Susanna, da. of Sir William Hedges, gov. of Bengal, 2s. 3da. suc. fa. 1729.

Address

Main residence: Bishton, Staffs.

biography text

Sneyd, whose grandfather had represented Newcastle-under-Lyme in James II’s only Parliament, was the cousin of Ralph Sneyd of Keele, M.P. Staffordshire 1713-15, who led the Jacobite riots in the county in 1715.1Staffs. Parl. Hist. (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc.), ii(2), p. 221. In 1718 he was returned as a Tory for Lichfield but was unseated on petition. He died 11 Feb. 1745.

Author

E.C.

Volume

Commons 1715-1754

Notes

1. Staffs. Parl. Hist. (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc.), ii(2), p. 221.