Sir Roger Bradshaigh, 3rd Baronet

Sir Robert Bradshaigh, 3rd Baronet (1675–1747) of Haigh Hall near Wigan was an English landowner and Tory politician who sat in the English House of Commons and British House of Commons for 52 years from 1695 to 1747.

Haigh Hall as rebuilt in 1840

Bradshaigh was the eldest son of Sir Roger Bradshaigh, 2nd Baronet of Haigh and his wife Mary Murray, daughter of Henry Murray of Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire and was baptized on 29 April 1675.[1] He was educated privately under Mr Francis and at Ruthin School.[2] He succeeded his father to Haigh Hall and the baronetcy on 17 June 1687.[1]

Bradshaigh was returned as Member of Parliament for Wigan at the 1695 English general election.[2] He sat until 1747 and was Father of the House of Commons from 1738 to 1747.[3]

He was Mayor of Wigan for 1698, 1703, 1719, 1724 and 1729.

He married, in 1697, Rachel, the daughter of Sir John Guise, 2nd Baronet, M.P., of Elmore, Gloucestershire and had 4 sons and 2 daughters. In 1742 he handed over Haigh Hall to his eldest son Sir Roger Bradshaigh, 4th Baronet and died in 1747.

References

  1. Cokayne, George Edward, ed. (1904), Complete Baronetage volume 4 (1665–1707), 4, Exeter: William Pollard and Co, retrieved 2 February 2019
  2. "BRADSHAIGH, Sir Roger, 3rd Bt. (1675–1747), of Haigh Hall, nr. Wigan, Lancs". History of Parliament Online (1690–1715). Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  3. "BRADSHAIGH, Sir Roger, 3rd Bt. (c.1675–1747), of Haigh Hall, nr. Wigan, Lancs". History of Parliament Online (1715–1754). Retrieved 17 September 2018.
Parliament of England
Preceded by
John Byrom
Peter Shakerley
Member of Parliament for Wigan
1695–1707
With: Peter Shakerley 1695–1698
Orlando Bridgeman1698–1701, 1702–1705
Sir Alexander Rigby 1701
Brigadier Emanuel Scrope Howe 1705–1707
Succeeded by
Parliament of Great Britain
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
Parliament of England
Member of Parliament for Wigan
1707–1747
With: Brigadier Emanuel Scrope Howe 1707–1708
Major Henry Bradshaigh 1708–1713
George Kenyon 1713–1715
The Earl of Barrymore 1715–1727, 1734–1747
Peter Bold 1727–1734
Succeeded by
Richard Clayton
The Earl of Barrymore
Preceded by
Sir Charles Turner, 1st Baronet, of Warham
Father of the House
1738–1747
Succeeded by
Edward Ashe (died 1748)
Baronetage of England
Preceded by
Sir Roger Bradshaigh, 2nd Baronet
Baronet
(of Haigh)
1687–1747
Succeeded by
Sir Roger Bradshaigh, 4th Baronet


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