Sir Humphrey Winch, 1st Baronet

Sir Humphrey Winch, 1st Baronet (3 January 1622 – December 1703) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1660 and 1689.

Winch was the son of Onslow Winch of Everton, Huntingdonshire and grandson of Sir Humphry Winch, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland (died 1625).[1] Winch purchased the Hawnes estate in Bedfordshire in 1654[2] and by 1659 had sold the manor of Everton which he had inherited from his father.[1]

In 1660, Winch was elected Member of Parliament for Bedford in the Convention Parliament.[3] He was created a baronet of Hawnes in the County of Bedford on 9 June 1660. In 1661 he was elected MP for Bedfordshire in the Cavalier Parliament and sat until 1679.[3] He sold the estate of Hawnes in 1667 to Sir George Carteret, Bt. He was MP for Great Marlow from 1679 to 1681 and from 1685 to 1689.[3] He was a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty between 1679 and 1684.

Winch died at the age of 81.

Winch married Rebecca Browne, daughter of Alderman Martin Browne of London.[2] He had no sons and the title became extinct on his death in 1703, although it was erroneously assumed by his nephew, Humphrey Winch, of Branston, Lincolnshire.

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Parliament of England
Preceded by
Sir Beauchamp St John
Sir Samuel Luke
Member of Parliament for Bedford
1660
With: Sir Samuel Luke
Succeeded by
Richard Taylor
John Kelyng
Preceded by
Lord Bruce of Whorlton
Samuel Browne
Member of Parliament for Bedfordshire
1661-1679
With: Lord Bruce of Whorlton 1661-1664
Sir John Napier, 4th Baronet
Succeeded by
William Russell, Lord Russell
Sir Humphrey Monoux, 2nd Baronet
Preceded by
Charles Cheyne
Peregrine Hoby
Member of Parliament for Great Marlow
1679-1681
With: John Borlase
Succeeded by
John Borlase
Thomas Hoby
Preceded by
John Borlase
Thomas Hoby
Member of Parliament for Great Marlow
1685-1689
With: Sir John Borlase, 2nd Baronet
Succeeded by
Sir John Borlase, 2nd Baronet
The Viscount Falkland
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