Sir William Spring, 2nd Baronet

Sir William Spring, 2nd Baronet (1642–1684), a British politician, member of the wealthy and prominent Spring family and MP for Suffolk 1679-1684.

He inherited the Baronetcy of Pakenham, Suffolk (11 August 1641) from his father, William, in 1654. He was removed from the Commission of the Peace for Suffolk in 1670 for opposing the Conventicle Act 1664. He contested the Sudbury constituency in 1679 but lost. He subsequently represented Suffolk in both the second and third Exclusion Parliaments as an exclusionist.

He first married Mary, daughter of Sir Dudley North KB (no issue) and married secondly Sarah, daughter of Sir Robert Cordell, 1st Baronet of Melford Hall, Suffolk.[1] and together they had three children:

  1. Sir Thomas Spring, 3rd Baronet
  2. Sir John Spring, 5th Baronet
  3. Sarah Spring, married John Macky.

Spring was one of the earliest Whig MPs.

References

  1. ^ Burke, Bernard (1844). A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland. p. 501. http://books.google.com/books?id=lF1tAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA501. Retrieved 2008-03-12. 
Baronetage of England
Preceded by
William Spring		 Baronet
(of Pakenham)
1654-1684		 Succeeded by
Thomas Spring
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Sir Gervase Elwes		 Member of Parliament for Suffolk
1679–1684		 Succeeded by
Sir Robert Broke