Sir Cecil Wray, 13th Baronet, 13th Baronet of Glentworth, Member of Parliament for East Retford and Westminster, captain in the South Lincolnshire Militia., 11th Baronet of Glentworth, High Sheriff of Lincolnshire, 1715., High Sheriff of Lincolnshire in 1715, Worshipful Master of the Cross Keys Lodge in 1730
Dates: 3 September 1734–10 January 1805
Biography
Sir Cecil Wray inherited the baronetcy and extensive Lincolnshire, Norfolk and Yorkshire estates in 1752. He built Summer Castle, later known as Fillingham Castle, in 1760, represented East Retford from 1768 to 1780 and Westminster from 1782 to 1784, and was a prominent opponent of Fox's ministry and the American war. He married Esther Summers but died without issue; after his widow's life interest, the estates passed through his sister Isabella to her son John Dalton.
Notes / Sources
Sir Cecil Wray, 13th Baronet biography — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Cecil_Wray,_13th_Baronet
Cokayne, Complete Baronetage, vol. V extract — https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/Complete_baronetage_%28IA_completebaroneta01coka%29.pdf
Fillingham, St Andrew, memorial — https://slha.org.uk/catalogue_item/fillingham-st-andrew-memorial
Family / Armorial Context
Family / cadet branch: Wray of Fillingham and Sleningford
Father: Sir John Wray, 12th Baronet
Mother: Frances Norcliffe
Spouse(s): Esther Summers
Armorial Registry
Wray of Rathcannon and Branston — Sir Cecil Wray, 11th Baronet and final male issue of the Irish branch
Branch: Younger-son succession of the Rathcannon branch; Branston Hall continuation
Issued / recorded: 1710
Wray of Glentworth — Sir Cecil Wray, 11th Baronet, Branston succession and passage to the Sleningford heir male
Branch: Rathcannon–Branston branch and final male issue of Sir Drury Wray
Issued / recorded: 1710-12
Wray of Fillingham, Sleningford and Glentworth — Sir Cecil Wray, 13th Baronet
Branch: Fillingham and Sleningford branch of the Glentworth Wrays
Issued / recorded: 1752
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