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Authorised form of nameChetwynd; Walter (1633 - 1693); antiquary and politician
Dates1633 - 1693
NationalityBritish
Date of birth1 May 1633
Place of deathLondon
Date of death21 March 1693
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Ingestre, Staffordshire, England, Europe (1 April 1693)
OccupationAntiquary; politician
Research fieldAntiquities
ActivityEducation:
Middle Temple (admitted 1651)
Career:
Commissioner for Assessment for Staffordshire (1661-1680), for Warwickshire (1673-1680), and for Staffordshire and Warwickshire (1689-1690); Deputy-Lieutenant of Staffordshire (1662-1687, 1689-death),and for Warwickshire (1686-1687); MP for Stafford (1673-1674, 1678-1679, 1685, 1690-1693); rebuilt the church at Ingestre to a design supplied by Sir Christopher Wren (FRS 1663) (1676); Sheriff of Staffordshire (1684-1685)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election31/01/1678
Age at election44
ProposerSir Joseph Williamson
RelationshipsParents: Walter Chetwynd and Francis Hesilrige
Married: Anne Bagot
OtherInfoChetwynd assisted Robert Plot (FRS 1677) in the production of his 'Natural History of Staffordshire'. Chetwynd himself also worked on a short survey of Staffordshire in 1679 and later went on to collecting material. His collections were kept at Ingestre Hall until it was destroyed by a fire in 1882. He was not particularly active in the Royal Society's work after his election.
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SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Hunter; Henning; ODNB
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/24544886
CodeNA6095
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