Sir William Wake, 8th Baronet

Sir William Wake, 8th Baronet (1742–1785), was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1784.

Wake was the son of Sir William Wake, 7th Baronet of Courteenhall and his wife Sarah Walker of Weston, Yorkshire. He was educated at Eton College in 1755 and admitted at Trinity College, Cambridge on 2 February 1760. On 6 March 1764, he was admitted at Lincoln's Inn.[1] He married Mary Fenton, daughter of Richard Fenton of Banktop, Yorkshire on 6 June 1765 and succeeded his father in the baronetcy on 25 September 1765. He was High Sheriff of Northamptonshire in 1771–2.[2]

In the 1774 general election Wake was elected as Member of Parliament for Bedford. He is reported as making only three speeches in that Parliament. He was re-elected for Bedford in 1780. He was described as "a very independent Member" with "a small mixture of tenaciousness, or perhaps obstinacy, in his disposition". He decided not to stand again in 1784 but was active in the election at Bedford.[2]

Wake died on 29 October 1785.[2] He was succeeded by his son William.[1]

References

  1. "Wake, Sir William (WK760W)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. "WAKE, Sir William, 8th Bt. (1742-85), of Courteenhall, Northants". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
Samuel Whitbread
Richard Vernon
Member of Parliament for Bedford
17741784
With: Robert Sparrow 1774-1775
Samuel Whitbread 1775-1784
Succeeded by
William MacDowall Colhoun
Samuel Whitbread
Baronetage of England
Preceded by
Sir William Wake, 7th Baronet
Baronet
(of Clevedon)
1765-1785
Succeeded by
Sir William Wake, 9th Baronet
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