Sir William Wray, 1st Baronet of Ashby, MP for Grimsby in several Parliaments, deputy governor of Beaumaris Castle, knighted 6 June 1660, 1660., Member of Parliament for Great Grimsby, created 27 June 1660., MP for Great Grimsby, created Baronet of Ashby 27 June 1660., created 1660
Dates: c.1625/1626–17 October 1669
Biography
A Parliamentarian and later Royalist politician, William inherited Ashby after his father's death and was created a baronet at the Restoration. His marriage into the Tufton family reinforced the branch's connections among the landed and baronetage elite.
Notes / Sources
Complete Baronetage — https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/Complete_baronetage_%28IA_completebaroneta01coka%29.pdf
Biographical account of Sir William Wray — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_William_Wray,_1st_Baronet,_of_Ashby
Restoration honours account — https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo2/A43218.0001.001/1:5?rgn=div1&view=fulltext
Family / Armorial Context
Family / cadet branch: Ashby
Father: Sir Christopher Wray of Ashby and Barlings
Mother: Albinia Cecil
Spouse(s): Olympia Tufton, daughter of Sir Humfrey Tufton, 1st Baronet
Children / next generation: Sir Christopher Wray, 2nd Baronet of Ashby and 6th Baronet of Glentworth; Sir William Wray, 3rd Baronet of Ashby and 7th Baronet of Glentworth; Drury Wray; Edward Wray
Armorial Registry
Wray of Ashby — Sir William Wray, 1st Baronet, son of Albinia Cecil
Branch: Wray of Ashby, descended from the Glentworth Wray line and Albinia Cecil
Issued / recorded: 1660
Wray of Ashby — Sir William Wray, 1st Baronet of Ashby, founder of the 1660 baronetcy
Branch: Ashby baronetcy founded from the younger Ashby line
Issued / recorded: 1660-06-27
Wray of Ashby — Sir William Wray, 1st Baronet of Ashby, eldest surviving son of Albinia Cecil
Branch: Ashby baronetcy founded by the eldest surviving son of Albinia Cecil
Issued / recorded: 27 June 1660
Wray of Ashby — Sir William Wray, 1st Baronet of Ashby, Restoration cadet baronetcy
Branch: Ashby and Barlings, younger branch of Glentworth
Issued / recorded: 27 June 1660
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