Sir William Massingberd, 3rd Baronet

Gunby Hall, Lincolnshire

Sir William Massingberd, 3rd Baronet (1677 – 1723) of Gunby Hall, Lincolnshire was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1721 to 1723. [1]

He was the only son of Sir William Massingberd, 2nd Baronet and educated at Merchant Taylors’ School in 1690-1 and St Catharine's College, Cambridge. He inherited his baronetcy on his father's death in 1719.

Massingberd stood for parliament at Boston at a by-election in 1719, but was defeated. He was then elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Lincolnshire at a by-election in January 1721. He was re-elected for Lincolnshire at the 1722 general election and sat until his death in 1723.

Meux's Name Act 1737
Act of Parliament
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Parliament of Great Britain
Long titleAn Act to enable William Massingberd Esquire, heretofore called William Meux, and the Heirs Male of his Body, to take and use the Surname of Massingberd, pursuant to a Settlement made by Sir William Massingberd Baronet, deceased.
Citation11 Geo. 2. c. 23 Pr.
Dates
Royal assent20 May 1738

On Massingberd's unmarried death, the baronetcy became extinct and his estate, including Gunby Hall, passed to his nephew William Meux, who changed name by a private act of Parliament, Meux's Name Act 1737 (11 Geo. 2. c. 23 Pr.), to Massingberd as a condition of the inheritance,[2][3] thereby becoming William Meux Massingberd.

References

  1. ↑ "MASSINGBERD, Sir William, 3rd Bt. (1677-1723), of Bratoft Hall, Lincs". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  2. ↑ Parks and Gardens UK: Gunby Hall, Spilsby, England (Record Id 1554)
  3. ↑ Deed Poll Office: Private Act of Parliament 1737 (11 Geo. 2). c. 23
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