Christopher Walters Stockdale (1665–1713) was an English politician and landowner in Yorkshire who served as Member of Parliament for Knaresborough from 1693 until his death in 1713.[1]
Christopher Stockdale | |
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| Born | Christopher Walters |
| Known for | Parliamentarian and Landowner |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Stockdale (née Liddell) |
Life edit
He was born Christopher Walters in 1665, the second son of Robert Walters of Cundall Manor (now an independent boarding school).[2] His uncle was William Stockdale, a distinguished Whig parliamentarian who had held his Knaresborough seat for 33 years without interruption.[2] As a condition of inheriting his uncle's substantial estate and political interests he changed his surname to Stockdale by royal license in 1693.[3] This estate included Bilton Hall near Harrogate. In the same year he was elected as Member of Parliament for Knaresborough.[1]
Christopher Stockdale married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Liddell, 2nd Baronet of Ravensworth Castle.[4] They had one son named William Stockdale.[5]
References edit
- ^ a b "STOCKDALE (formerly WALTERS), Christopher (c.1665-1713), of Bilton Park, nr. Knaresborough, Yorks. | History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- ^ a b Cruickshanks, Eveline (2002). The House of Commons 1690-1715, 5 Volume Set (The History of Parliament). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521772214.
- ^ Dugdale, William; Clay, John William (1899). Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with additions. David O. McKay Library Brigham Young University-Idaho. Exeter : W. Pollard & Co. pp. 277–278.
- ^ Debrett, John (2010). Debrett's Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland. Nabu Press.
- ^ Hargrove, Ely, 1742-1818. (1798). The history of the castle, town, and forest of Knaresborough, with Harrogate, and its medicinal waters. Including an account of the most remarkable places in the neighbourhood: the curious remains of antiquity; elegant buildings; ornamented grounds; & other singular productions of nature and art ... Printed by Wilson, Spence, and Mawman. OCLC 54174668.
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