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'''William Graves''' (c.1724–1801) was a British [[Member of Parliament|MP]] <ref> {{cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/graves-william-1724-1801|title=GRAVES, William (?1724-1801), of Thanckes, Cornw.|publisher= History of Parliament Online|accessdate= 1 July 2016}} </ref><ref>[http://www.gravesfa.org/gen068.htm Graves family history website: William Graves.]</ref> |
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'''William Graves''' (1724–1784)<ref>[http://www.gravesfa.org/gen068.htm Graves family history website: William Graves.]</ref> was [[Member of Parliament|MP]] for [[East Looe (UK Parliament constituency)|East Looe]] in Cornwall, until 24 November 1783 and again until 1787. |
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He was the eldest son of Rear-Admiral Thomas Graves and his second wife Elizabeth Budgell, and the brother of [[Thomas Graves, 1st Baron Graves|Thomas Graves]].<ref name="Debretts1829"/> William was educated at [[Balliol College, Oxford]] and studied law at the [[Middle Temple]] (1739), where he was [[called to the bar]] in 1747. He became a [[Master in Chancery]] in 1761. |
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He sat in Parliament as the MP for [[West Looe (UK Parliament constituency)|West Looe]] in Cornwall from 1768 to 1774 and for [[East Looe (UK Parliament constituency)|East Looe]] from 1775 to 1783, 1784 to 1786 and 1796 to 1798. |
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William Graves was the eldest son of Thomas Graves and Elizabeth Budgell, his second wife.<ref name="Debretts1829"/> |
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He died unmarried in 1801. <ref name="Debretts1829">[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=uRS0AC2YGgQC&pg=PA904&lpg=PA904&dq=%22William+Graves%22chancery&source=web&ots=ZYKaSdzyiO&sig=dC1TfSLWz8pYYyZtMigwMU0Buug&hl=en#PPA904,M1 ''Debrett's Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland'' (1829): Irish peerages: Graves - reference to William Graves p.904.]</ref> |
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Revision as of 20:09, 1 July 2016
William Graves (c.1724–1801) was a British MP [1][2]
He was the eldest son of Rear-Admiral Thomas Graves and his second wife Elizabeth Budgell, and the brother of Thomas Graves.[3] William was educated at Balliol College, Oxford and studied law at the Middle Temple (1739), where he was called to the bar in 1747. He became a Master in Chancery in 1761.
He sat in Parliament as the MP for West Looe in Cornwall from 1768 to 1774 and for East Looe from 1775 to 1783, 1784 to 1786 and 1796 to 1798.
He died unmarried in 1801. [3]
References
- ^ "GRAVES, William (?1724-1801), of Thanckes, Cornw". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
- ^ Graves family history website: William Graves.
- ^ a b Debrett's Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1829): Irish peerages: Graves - reference to William Graves p.904.
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