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| WAKE, WILLIAM. Adm. Fell.-Com. (age 18) at TRINITY, Feb. 2, 1760. [Elder] s. of Sir William [7th] Bart., of Riddlesworth, Norfolk (and Sarah Walker, of Weston, Yorkshire .). School, Eton. Matric. Lent, 1760; M.A. 1767. Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, Mar. 6, 1764. Succeeded as 8th Bart., Sept. 1765. Of Courteenhall, Northamptonshire . High Sheriff of Northamptonshire , 1771-2. M.P. for Bedford, 1774-84. Married, June, 1765, Mary, dau. of Richard Fenton, of Bank Top, Yorkshire . Died Oct. 29, 1785, aged 43. Father of the next, and of Richard W. (1793). ( Eton Coll. Reg.; St John's Coll. Adm., IV. 535; Burke, P. and B.; Return of M.P.s. ) | William WAKE Approx. lifespan: 1742–1785 Fell.-Com. aged 18 Trinity College adm1760:02:02 [Elder] s. of Sir William WAKE [7th] Bart., of Riddlesworth, Norfolk , (and Sarah Walker, of Weston, West Riding of Yorkshire , ) Sch: Eton Matric 1760:01LT: MA 1767 Adm. Lincoln's Inn: 1764:03:06 Succeeded as 8th Bart. 1765:09 Of Courteenhall, Northamptonshire , High Sheriff of: Northamptonshire , 1771-72 M.P. for: : Bedford, [Bedfordshire], 1774-84 m. 1765:06 Mary FENTON dau. of Richard FENTON of Bank Top, Yorkshire , ??? [Co. Durham ???], d. aged 43 . 1785:10:29 father of Sir William WAKE, Bart. (1787) father of of Richard W. WAKE (1793) ( Eton College Reg.; St John's College Adm. IV. 535; Burke, P. and B.; Return of M.P.s. ) |