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Name
  
William Wroughton


Role
  
Politician

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Sir William Wroughton (1509/10-59), of Broad Hinton, Wiltshire, was an English politician.

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He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Wiltshire in 1547 and April 1554. He built the present parish church of St. Peter Ad Vincula-Broad Hinton.

He married Eleanor Lewknor, daughter of Edward Lewknor and a seven-time great-granddaughter of King Edward III. Their many descendants include the Wolseley baronets and Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley. Their four sons and three daughters included:

  • Dorothy Wroughton, who married about 1556 Sir John Thynne, had issue, and following his death married Sir Carew Ralegh, older brother of Sir Walter Raleigh, and had issue.
  • Ann Wroughton, who married Sir Henry Poole of Saperton (d. 1616), Member of Parliament, and had issue.
  • Sir Thomas Wroughton (died 1597).

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