William Peyto (died 1734)

For other people named William Peyto, see William Peyto (disambiguation).

William Peyto (before 1698 11 January 1734)[1] was an English politician from Warwickshire.

He was the first son William Peyto of Chesterton (Sheriff of Warwickshire in 1695) and his wife Elizabeth.[2] The Peytos had been a significant family Warwickshire for hundreds of years, and had acquired the Chesterton estate. A William Peyto was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Warwickshire in 1420, and another had been Sheriff of Warwickshire in 1602.[2]

At the 1715 general election, Peyto was elected as an MP for Warwickshire. A Tory and Jacobite who voted consistently against the government, he was re-elected in 1722 and 1727, and died in office a few months before the 1734 election.[2]

References

  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 1)
  2. 1 2 3 Matthews, Shirley (1970). R. Sedgwick, ed. "PEYTO, William (bef.1698-1734), of Chesterton, Warws". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754. Boydell and Brewer. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
Sir John Mordaunt, Bt
Andrew Archer
Member of Parliament for Warwickshire
1715 1734
With: Andrew Archer to 1722
Robert Digby 1722–26
Edward Digby from 1726
Succeeded by
Edward Digby
Sir Charles Mordaunt, Bt


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