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| − | === | + | ===[[name::Walter]] [[name::CHETWYND]] [[date of birth::1633]]-[[date of death::1693]]=== |
| + | [[file:WalterChetwynd.jpg|thumb|One of several armorial binding stamps used by Chetwynd (British Armorial Bindings)]] | ||
====Biographical Note==== | ====Biographical Note==== | ||
| − | Of [[location::Ingestre, Staffordshire]]; son of Walter Chetwynd. Admitted to the Middle Temple 1657. MP for Stafford 1674, 1679, 1685 and for Staffordshire in 1690. He worked as a government agent in the 1680s. | + | Of [[location::Ingestre, Staffordshire]]; son of [[family::Walter Chetwynd]], and a member of a long-established gentry family. Admitted to the [[organisations::Middle Temple]] 1657. [[occupation::MP]] for [[location::Stafford]] 1674, 1679, 1685 and for [[location::Staffordshire]] in 1690; he also held various public offices. He worked as a [[occupation::government agent]] in the 1680s. He was elected a fellow of the [[organisations::Royal Society]] in 1678. "A convivial and hospitable man, who kept a fine cook and whose gardens at Ingestre were stocked with choice fruit" (''ODNB''). |
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| − | Numerous books with his armorial stamps survive. Listed in [[ | + | Chetwynd was a keen antiquary, noted by the ''ODNB'' as interested in "numismatics, literature, theology, mathematics, and above all antiquities and natural history". He was friendly with many contemporary antiquaries, including [[crossreference::Robert Plot 1640-1696|Robert Plot]] and [[crossreference::William Dugdale 1605-1685|William Dugdale]], and compiled extensive collections on the history of Staffordshire; he wrote [[book title::''A short survey of Staffordshire'']] but the work was not printed until [[date of publication::1909]]. Numerous books with his armorial stamps survive. Listed in [[crossreference::Edward Bernard 1638-1697|Edward Bernard]]'s [[book title::''Catalogi manuscriptorum'']], [[date of publication::1697]], as owning 22 [[format::manuscript|manuscripts]]. The Chetwynd family library was [[auction::auctioned]] in [[location of auction::London]], [[date of auction::18.5.1821]]. |
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*[https://armorial.library.utoronto.ca/stamp-owners/CHE007 British Armorial Bindings]. | *[https://armorial.library.utoronto.ca/stamp-owners/CHE007 British Armorial Bindings]. | ||
| + | *[http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/chetwynd-walter-i-1633-93 History of Parliament]. | ||
*Greenslade, M. W. [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/5250 "Chetwynd, Walter (1633–1693), county historian."] ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''. | *Greenslade, M. W. [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/5250 "Chetwynd, Walter (1633–1693), county historian."] ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''. | ||
*Maggs, catalogues of the London booksellers Maggs Bros: 1212 (1996)/39. | *Maggs, catalogues of the London booksellers Maggs Bros: 1212 (1996)/39. | ||
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Latest revision as of 07:30, 4 April 2024
Walter CHETWYND 1633-1693
Biographical Note
Of Ingestre, Staffordshire; son of Walter Chetwynd, and a member of a long-established gentry family. Admitted to the Middle Temple 1657. MP for Stafford 1674, 1679, 1685 and for Staffordshire in 1690; he also held various public offices. He worked as a government agent in the 1680s. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1678. "A convivial and hospitable man, who kept a fine cook and whose gardens at Ingestre were stocked with choice fruit" (ODNB).
Books
Chetwynd was a keen antiquary, noted by the ODNB as interested in "numismatics, literature, theology, mathematics, and above all antiquities and natural history". He was friendly with many contemporary antiquaries, including Robert Plot and William Dugdale, and compiled extensive collections on the history of Staffordshire; he wrote A short survey of Staffordshire but the work was not printed until 1909. Numerous books with his armorial stamps survive. Listed in Edward Bernard's Catalogi manuscriptorum, 1697, as owning 22 manuscripts. The Chetwynd family library was auctioned in London, 18.5.1821.
Sources
- British Armorial Bindings.
- History of Parliament.
- Greenslade, M. W. "Chetwynd, Walter (1633–1693), county historian." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
- Maggs, catalogues of the London booksellers Maggs Bros: 1212 (1996)/39.