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Sir Roger Bradshaigh, 3rd Baronet

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Sir Robert Bradshaigh, 3rd Baronet (1675–1747), of Haigh Hall near Wigan, was an English landowner and Tory politician who sat in the English House of Commons and British House of Commons for 52 years from 1695 to 1747.

Haigh Hall as rebuilt in 1840

Bradshaigh was the eldest son of Sir Roger Bradshaigh, 2nd Baronet, of Haigh, and his wife Mary Murray, daughter of Henry Murray of Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, and was baptized on 29 April 1675.[1] He was educated privately under Mr Francis and at Ruthin School.[2] He succeeded his father to Haigh Hall and the baronetcy on 17 June 1687.[1]

Bradshaigh was returned as Member of Parliament for Wigan at the 1695 general election.[2] He sat until 1747 and was Father of the House of Commons from 1738 to 1747.[3]

He was Mayor of Wigan for 1698, 1703, 1719, 1724 and 1729.

He married, in 1697, Rachel, the daughter of Sir John Guise, 2nd Baronet, of Elmore, Gloucestershire, and had four sons and two daughters. In 1742 he handed over Haigh Hall to his eldest son, Sir Roger Bradshaigh, 4th Baronet, and died in 1747.

References

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  1. ^ a b Cokayne, George Edward, ed. (1904), Complete Baronetage volume 4 (1665–1707), vol. 4, Exeter: William Pollard and Co, retrieved 2 February 2019
  2. ^ a b "BRADSHAIGH, Sir Roger, 3rd Bt. (1675–1747), of Haigh Hall, nr. Wigan, Lancs". History of Parliament Online (1690–1715). Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  3. ^ "BRADSHAIGH, Sir Roger, 3rd Bt. (c.1675–1747), of Haigh Hall, nr. Wigan, Lancs". History of Parliament Online (1715–1754). Retrieved 17 September 2018.
Parliament of England
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Wigan
1695–1707
With: Peter Shakerley 1695–1698
Orlando Bridgeman1698–1701, 1702–1705
Sir Alexander Rigby 1701
Brigadier Emanuel Howe 1705–1707
Succeeded by
Parliament of Great Britain
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
Parliament of England
Member of Parliament for Wigan
1707–1747
With: Brigadier Emanuel Howe 1707–1708
Major Henry Bradshaigh 1708–1713
George Kenyon 1713–1715
The Earl of Barrymore 1715–1727, 1734–1747
Peter Bold 1727–1734
Succeeded by
Preceded by Father of the House
1738–1747
Succeeded by
Baronetage of England
Preceded by Baronet
of Haigh
1687–1747
Succeeded by