The Winnington Baronetcy, of Stanford Court in the County of Worcester, is a title in the

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History

Sir Francis Winnington (1634–1700) Solicitor-General to King Charles II, acquired the family seat of Stanford Court, Stanford on Teme, Worcestershire through his marriage to Elizabeth, third and youngest sister and coheir of Edward Salwey. The baronetage was created on 15 February 1755 for Edward Winnington (great-grandson of Sir Francis), subsequently

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for

Bewdley Bewdley ( pronunciation) is a town and civil parish in the Wyre Forest District in Worcestershire, England on the banks of the River Severn. It is in the Severn Valley west of Kidderminster and southwest of Birmingham. It lies on the Riv ...

. The second Baronet represented

Droitwich Droitwich Spa (often abbreviated to Droitwich ) is an historic spa town in the Wychavon district in northern Worcestershire, England, on the River Salwarpe. It is located approximately south-west of Birmingham and north-east of Worcester. The ...

in the

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and the third Baronet Droitwich,

Worcestershire Worcestershire ( , ; written abbreviation: Worcs) is a county in the West Midlands of England. The area that is now Worcestershire was absorbed into the unified Kingdom of England in 927, at which time it was constituted as a county (see H ...

and Bewdley. The fourth Baronet sat as Liberal Member of Parliament for Bewdley. The fifth Baronet was High Sheriff of Worcestershire in 1894, and the seventh Baronet occupied the same office in 2015.

Winnington baronets, of Stanford Court (1755)

* Sir Edward Winnington, 1st Baronet (–1791) * Sir Edward Winnington, 2nd Baronet (1749–1805) *

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(c. 1780–1839) * Sir Thomas Edward Winnington, 4th Baronet (1811–1872) * Sir Francis Salwey Winnington, 5th Baronet (1849–1931) *Sir Francis Salwey William Winnington, 6th Baronet (1907–2003) *Sir Anthony Edward Winnington, 7th Baronet (born 1948)

Extended family

Charles William Winnington-Ingram (1850–1923), grandson of the Reverend Edward Winnington-Ingram, second son of the second Baronet, was a

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in the

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. His son

Reginald Pepys Winnington-Ingram Reginald Pepys Winnington-Ingram, FBA (22 January 1904 – 3 January 1993) was a British classicist, an authority on Greek tragedy and ancient Greek music. Life Reginald Pepys Winnington-Ingram was born in Sherborne, Dorset on 22 January 1904, ...

was Professor of Greek at

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. Herbert Frederick Winnington-Ingram, youngest son of the aforementioned Reverend Edward Winnington-Ingram, second son of the second Baronet, was also a Rear-Admiral in the Royal Navy. Another grandson of the Reverend Edward Winnington-Ingram was

Arthur Winnington-Ingram Arthur Foley Winnington-Ingram (26 January 1858 – 26 May 1946) was Bishop of London from 1901 to 1939. Early life and career He was born in the rectory at Stanford-on-Teme, Worcestershire, the fourth son of Edward Winnington-Ingram (a C ...

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from 1901 to 1939. His younger brother

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and his nephew (Edward's son)

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were both priests who became

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References

* *Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. *

History

Winnington baronets, of Stanford Court (1755)

Extended family

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