Biography of Marmaduke Wyvill 5th Baronet 1666-1722

Paternal Family Tree: Wyvill

In or before 1666 [his father] William Wyvill 4th Baronet (age 20) and [his mother] Anne Brookes were married.

Around 1666 Marmaduke Wyvill 5th Baronet was born to [his father] William Wyvill 4th Baronet (age 21) and [his mother] Anne Brookes.

On 8th February 1681 [his grandfather] Christopher Wyvill 3rd Baronet (age 66) died. His son [his father] William (age 36) succeeded 4th Baronet Wyvill of Constable Burton in Yorkshire.

In 1682 Marmaduke Wyvill 5th Baronet (age 16) was admitted to Trinity College, Cambridge University [Map] as a fellow commoner.

In 1684 [his father] William Wyvill 4th Baronet (age 39) died. His son Marmaduke (age 18) succeeded 5th Baronet Wyvill of Constable Burton in Yorkshire.

In or before 1692 Marmaduke Wyvill 5th Baronet (age 25) and Henrietta Maria Yarburgh (age 24) were married. They had three sons and four daughters.

In 1692 [his son] Marmaduke Wyvill 6th Baronet was born to Marmaduke Wyvill 5th Baronet (age 26) and [his wife] Henrietta Maria Yarburgh (age 24). He married 1716 Cary Coke.

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In 1695 Marmaduke Wyvill 5th Baronet (age 29) was elected MP Richmond.

In 1702 Marmaduke Wyvill 5th Baronet (age 36) was appointed Commissioner of the Salt Duties and a Gommissioner of the Excise which offices he held until 1710.

In 1711 Marmaduke Wyvill 5th Baronet (age 45) was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.

In 1716 [his son] Marmaduke Wyvill 6th Baronet (age 24) and [his daughter-in-law] Cary Coke were married.

On 2nd November 1722 Marmaduke Wyvill 5th Baronet (age 56) died. His son Marmaduke (age 30) succeeded 6th Baronet Wyvill of Constable Burton in Yorkshire.

On 7th November 1722 Marmaduke Wyvill 5th Baronet (deceased) was buried at St Andrew's Church, Holborn [Map].

On 15th August 1738 [his former wife] Henrietta Maria Yarburgh (age 70) died.

[his son] Christopher Wyvill was born to Marmaduke Wyvill 5th Baronet and Henrietta Maria Yarburgh.

Royal Ancestors of Marmaduke Wyvill 5th Baronet

Kings Wessex: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 17 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 23 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 18 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings Godwinson: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Harold II of England

Kings England: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 16 Grand Son of Louis VII King of the Franks

Kings France: Great x 19 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 24 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Marmaduke Wyvill 5th Baronet

Great x 4 Grandfather: Christopher Wyvill 6 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 3 Grandfather: Marmaduke Wyvill 1st Baronet 6 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Scrope 5 x Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 2 Grandfather: Christopher Wyvill 6 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 4 Grandfather: Christopher Danby 5 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 3 Grandmother: Magdalen Danby 5 x Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Neville 4 x Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 1 Grandfather: Marmaduke Wyvill 2nd Baronet 7 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Stapleton

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Stapleton

Great x 2 Grandmother: Jane Stapleton 7 x Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 4 Grandfather: Marmaduke Constable 5 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Constable 6 x Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Conyers 5 x Great Grand Daughter of

GrandFather: Christopher Wyvill 3rd Baronet 8 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Gascoigne of Sedbury

Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabel Gascoigne

Father: William Wyvill 4th Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 4 Grandfather: Arthur Darcy 6 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Darcy 6 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Carew 5 x Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 2 Grandfather: Conyers Darcy 7th Baron Darcy of Knayth, 1st Baron Darcy Meinhill, 4th Baron Conyers 7 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Conyers 3rd Baron Conyers 5 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Conyers 6 x Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Clifford Baroness Conyers 5 x Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 1 Grandfather: Conyers Darcy 1st Earl Holderness 8 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Bellasis of Newburgh Priory in Yorkshire 10 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Belasyse 1st Baronet 7 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Fairfax 6 x Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 2 Grandmother: Dorothy Belasyse Baroness Darcy and Conyers 8 x Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Fairfax of Denton in Yorkshire

Great x 3 Grandmother: Ursula Fairfax

GrandMother: Ursula Darcy Lady Wyvill 9 x Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Rokeby

Great x 1 Grandmother: Grace Rokeby

Marmaduke Wyvill 5th Baronet 10 x Great Grand Son of

GrandFather: James Brookes of York

Mother: Anne Brookes