Sir George Oxenden, 5th Baronet

Sir George Oxenden, 5th Baronet (26 October 1694 - 20 January 1775) was an English Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1720 to 1754.

Oxenden was the son of George Oxenden LLD master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge and his wife Elizabeth Dixwell daughter of Sir Basil Dixwell Bt. In 1720 he succeeded his brother Sir Henry Oxenden, 3rd Baronet in the baronetcy.[1]

Oxenden was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Sandwich on 9 May 1720 and held the seat until 1754.[2] He was a Lord of the Admiralty and a Lord of the Treasury.[1]

Oxenden died aged 80.

Elizabeth Dunch (Thomas Hudson (painter))

Oxenden married Elizabeth Dunch, daughter of Edmund Dunch of Little Wittenham then in Berkshire. They had one son Henry who succeeded in the baronetcy.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 John Burke A General and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage Volume 2
  2. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 2)

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Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
Sir Thomas D'Aeth
Sir Henry Oxenden, Bt		 Member of Parliament for Sandwich
1720–1754
With: Sir Thomas D'Aeth 1720–1722
Josiah Burchett 1724-1741
John Pratt 1741-1747
John Cleveland 1747-1754		 Succeeded by
John Cleveland
Claudius Amyand
Baronetage of England
Preceded by
Henry Oxenden		 Baronet
(of Dene)
1720–1770 		Succeeded by
Henry Oxenden