Sir William Wroughton (1509/10–1559), of Broad Hinton, Wiltshire, was an English politician.

He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Wiltshire in 1547 and April 1554. He built Broad Hinton's parish church of St. Peter Ad Vincula.[1][2]

He married Eleanor Lewknor, daughter of Edward Lewknor and a seven-time great-granddaughter of King Edward III. Their many descendants include the Wolseley baronets and Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley.[3] Their four sons and three daughters included:

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  1. ^ The parish church contains monuments to its builder, Sir William Wroughton. "Here lyeth Sir William Wroughton, Knight, who dyed in the 50 yeare of his age in Anno Domini 1559, and left yssewe of his body by Dame Elinor, his wife, daughter of Edward Lewknor, Esqr. four sonnes and three daughters, and builded the howse of Broadhenton, Anno Domini 1540."
  2. ^ "WROUGHTON, Sir William (1509/10-59), of Broad Hinton, Wilts. - History of Parliament Online". Historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  3. ^ The Royal Lineage of Our Noble and Gentle Families: Together with Their Paternal Ancestry. Hazell, Watson, and Viney. 1883. p. 56. Retrieved 29 June 2017.