Sir William Maynard, 4th Baronet

Sir William Maynard, 4th Baronet (19 April 1721 – 18 January 1772)^[1] of Waltons, Ashdon, Essex was a British politician and baronet.

The Maynard Family at Waltons by Arthur Devis

He was the only son of Sir Henry Maynard, 3rd Baronet and his wife Catherine Gunter, daughter of George Gunter.^[2] In 1738, he succeeded his father as baronet.^[3] Maynard entered the British House of Commons as Member of Parliament (MP) for Essex in 1759, representing the constituency until 1772.^[4]

On 13 August 1751, he married Charlotte Bisshopp, second daughter of Sir Cecil Bishopp, 6th Baronet, and by her he had four children, three sons and one daughter.^[5] His oldest son Charles succeeded to the baronetcy, and by a special remainder also succeeded his kinsman Charles Maynard, 1st Viscount Maynard as 2nd Viscount Maynard in 1775.^[6]

References

1. "Leigh Rayment – Baronetage". Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
2. Collins, Arthur (1812). Sir Egerton Brydges (ed.). Collin's Peerage of England. Vol. VI. London: T. Bensley. p. 289.
3. Lodge, Edmund (1838). The Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage (6th ed.). London: Saunder and Otley. pp. 326.
4. "Leigh Rayment – British House of Commons, Essex". Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
5. Kimber, Edward (1771). Richard Johnson (ed.). The Baronetage of England: Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the English Baronets. Vol. II. London: Thomas Wotton. p. 469.
6. Burke, John (1832). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Vol. II (4th ed.). London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. p. 155.

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by William Harvey Sir John Abdy	Member of Parliament for Essex 1759–1772 With: William Harvey 1759–1763 John Luther 1763–1772	Succeeded by John Luther John Conyers
Baronetage of England
Preceded by Henry Maynard	Baronet (of Walthamstow) 1738–1772	Succeeded by Charles Maynard