George Oxenden 5th Baronet 1694-1775

10th July 1690 10th July 1690 [his father] George Oxenden [aged 38] and [his mother] Elizabeth Dixwell were married.

On 26th October 1694 George Oxenden 5th Baronet was born to George Oxenden [aged 43] and Elizabeth Dixwell.

On 21st February 1703 [his father] George Oxenden [aged 51] died.

On 21st April 1720 Henry Oxenden 4th Baronet [aged 29] died without issue. His brother George [aged 25] succeeded 5th Baronet Oxenden of Dene in Kent. Elizabeth Dunch Lady Oxenden [aged 9] by marriage Lady Oxenden of Dene in Kent.

In May 1720 George Oxenden 5th Baronet [aged 25] and Elizabeth Dunch Lady Oxenden [aged 9] were married. They had three sons and three daughters.

On 9th May 1720 George Oxenden 5th Baronet [aged 25] was elected MP Sandwich at a by-election probably caused by the death of his brother Henry Oxenden 4th Baronet [deceased]. He was re-elected in 1722, 1727 and 1734 (when he also contested MP Kent), 1741 and 1747. He stood down in 1754.

On 5th September 1721 [his son] Henry Oxenden 6th Baronet was born to George Oxenden 5th Baronet [aged 26] and [his wife] Elizabeth Dunch Lady Oxenden [aged 10]. He married 28th July 1755 Margaret Chudleigh Lady Oxenden, daughter of George Chudleigh 4th Baronet and Frances Davie, and had issue.

In 1725 George Oxenden 5th Baronet [aged 30] was appointed Lord of the Admiralty.

On 3rd April 1735 Robert Montagu 3rd Duke Manchester [aged 25] and [his sister-in-law] Harriet Dunch Duchess Manchester were married. He the son of Charles Montagu 1st Duke Manchester and Doddington Greville Duchess Manchester.

On 21st October 1739 William Montagu 2nd Duke Manchester [aged 39] died. His brother Robert [aged 29] succeeded 3rd Duke Manchester, 6th Earl Manchester, 6th Viscount Mandeville, 6th Baron Montagu of Kimbolton. [his sister-in-law] Harriet Dunch Duchess Manchester by marriage Duchess Manchester.

In 1750 [his uncle] Basil Dixwell 2nd Baronet [aged 85] died. Baronet Dixwell of Broome House in Kent extinct. His nephew George Oxenden 5th Baronet [aged 55] inherited the Dixwell estate. As a condition of the inheritance he was required to take on the surname of Dixwell, but although he procured an Act of Parliament in 1751, to this effect, it is not clear if he took the surname on in practice.

In 1755 [his wife] Elizabeth Dunch Lady Oxenden [aged 44] died.

On 28th July 1755 [his son] Henry Oxenden 6th Baronet [aged 33] and [his daughter-in-law] Margaret Chudleigh Lady Oxenden [aged 31] were married at Westminster Abbey [Map].

On 20th January 1775 George Oxenden 5th Baronet [aged 80] died. His son Henry [aged 53] succeeded 6th Baronet Oxenden of Dene in Kent. Margaret Chudleigh Lady Oxenden [aged 51] by marriage Lady Oxenden of Dene in Kent.