Sir Edward Winnington, 2nd Baronet (14 November 1749 – 9 January 1805), of Stanford Court, Stanford-on-Teme, Worcestershire, was a British baronet and politician.
He was the eldest son of Sir Edward Winnington, 1st Baronet. His father arranged for George Butt to be his tutor and he accompanied him when he started at Christ Church, Oxford.[1]
Winnington married Anne, daughter of Thomas, 1st Lord Foley, by whom he had five sons, of whom the eldest, Thomas, succeeded him.
He was MP for Droitwich, Worcestershire between 1777 and 1805. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in January 1805 but had died the day before.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Nigel Aston, 'Butt, George (1741–1795)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 26 Aug 2014
- ^ "Library and Archive Catalogue". Royal Society. Retrieved 1 November 2010.