Wharton, Philip (1613 - 1695/6)

Biographical Overview

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Titles - 1
Properties - 7
Total events naming patron - 8
Troupes - 1
Venues - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 3
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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1613-04-08
Death Date: 1696-02-05 (possibly died 4 Feb. 1695/6)

Notes

Attended Eton College 1624 (for one year); matriculated Exeter College, Oxford University 3 March 1625/6; licence to travel abroad for three years 1629

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Wandesford, Elizabeth ( - 1635)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1632-9-23
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. Goodwin, Jane (1617/8 - 1658)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1637-9-7
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Union produced an additional 3 daughters
  3. Kerr, Anne ( - 1692)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1661-8-24
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Married between 24 and 26 Aug. of this year

Offspring

From Goodwin, Jane (1617/8 - 1658)

  1. Male offspring: Wharton, Philip (b. 1638)
  2. Male offspring: Wharton, Arthur (b. 1641)
  3. Male offspring: Wharton, Thomas (b. 1648)
  4. Female offspring: Wharton, Anne (d. 1689)

Primary Title

4th Baron Wharton

Titles

  • 4th Baron Wharton
    Assumed 1625-03-25
    Vacated 1695/6-02-05

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Lord Lieut, Lancashire 1641/2-2-28 n.d.
Lord Lieut, Buckinghamshire 1642-6-24 n.d.
Lord Lieut, Westmorland 1644-9-11 n.d.
Commissioner of Custos Rotulorum, Cumberland by 1650 n.d.
Commissioner of Custos Rotulorum, Westmorland by 1650 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding by 1650 n.d.
JP, Cumberland by 1650 n.d.
JP, Westmorland by 1650 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding by 1650 n.d.
Privy Councillor, England 1688/9-2-14 n.d.

General Lands Note

Came of age 1634

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Healaugh Priory, Yorkshire: West Riding
    Patrimony (via grandfather). Healaugh Farm East & West built from materials supplied from the ruins of the priory. Healaugh Farm East is the remains of the Wharton's 16th c. manor house
    Acquired: 1625-03-25
    Divested: 1695/6-02-05
  • Wharton Hall, Westmorland
    (Performance Venue)
    Patrimony (via grandfather)
    Acquired: 1625-03-25
    Divested: 1695/6-02-05

Lands

  • Bedfordshire: Wobourn
  • Buckinghamshire
  • Cumberland
  • Ireland
  • Westmorland

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1626-1626 Town Hall, Kendal , Westmorland Lord Wharton's Players
Performance 1628-1628 Workington Hall, Workington , Cumberland Lord Wharton's Players
Performance 1629-1629 Town Hall, Kendal , Westmorland Lord Wharton's Players
Performance 1629-1629 Workington Hall, Workington , Cumberland Lord Wharton's Players
Performance 1631-1631 Town Hall, Kendal , Westmorland Lord Wharton's Players
Performance 1633-1633 Workington Hall, Workington , Cumberland Lord Wharton's Players
Performance 1633-1633 Workington Hall, Workington , Cumberland Lord Wharton's Players
Performance 1638-1638 Moot Hall, Carlisle , Cumberland Lord Wharton's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Wharton's Players Wharton, Philip (1613 - 1696) Players 8

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue Type
Wharton Hall Westmorland Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982.
Doyle, James E. The Official Baronage of England Showing the Succession, Dignities, and Offices of Every Peer from 1066 to 1885. 3 vols. London: Longmans, 1886.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)