William Chaytor (MP)
William Chaytor (11 January 1732 – 15 May 1819) was a British lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1790.
Born in Croft, Yorkshire, Chaytor was the son of Henry Chaytor and his wife Jane (née Smales).
His grand-uncle was Sir William Chaytor, 1st and last Baronet (of the 1671 creation).
He entered Magdalene College, Cambridge in 1750 and was admitted to Lincoln's Inn in 1753.
He served as a Recorder of Richmond and sat as Member of Parliament for Penryn from 1774 to 1780 and Hedon from 1780 to 1790.
Chaytor married Jane Lee.
Their son William, who was born before his parents' marriage, was created a Baronet in 1831 (see Chaytor baronets).
Chaytor died in May 1819, aged 87.
Francis Courtenay (died 1699)
Francis Courtenay( c. 1650 – 12 May 1699) was an English Member of Parliament.
He represented Devonshire in the House of Commons from 1689 to 1699.
He was the son of Sir William Courtenay, 1st Baronet and the father of Sir William Courtenay, 2nd Baronet.
Sir Bysshe Shelley, 1st Baronet
Sir Bysshe Shelley, 1st Baronet of Castle Goring( 21 June 1731 – 6 January 1815) was the grandfather of English Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.
Sir William Chaytor, 2nd Baronet
Sir William Richard Carter Chaytor, 2nd Baronet (7 February 1805 – 9 February 1871) was a British politician and businessman.
Chaytor was the eldest son of Sir William Chaytor, 1st Baronet, by his wife Isabella, daughter of John Carter.
He was Whig Member of Parliament for the City of Durham from 1831 to 1835 and, with his father, a supporter of Earl Grey and of the Reform Act 1832.
However, Chaytor was criticised for being an ineffectual MP and neglecting his duties.
Chaytor married firstly Annie Lacy in 1836.
After her death in childbirth in 1837 he married secondly a Miss Smith, daughter of John Whitney Smith, in 1852.
There were children from both marriages.
Chaytor died in February 1871, aged 66, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son from his first marriage, William.
Lady Chaytor died in May 1904.
Sir John Benn, 1st Baronet
Sir John Williams Benn, 1st Baronet, DL( 13 November 1850 – 10 April 1922) was a British politician, particularly associated with London politics, and the grandfather of MP and Cabinet Minister Tony Benn.
William Bowes
Sir William Bowes( 6 January
1657 – 16 January 1707) was a British landowner and M.P. Sir William Bowes Kt. of Streatlam Castle was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge.
He was one of the two Members of Parliament for County Durham during the second, third and fourth Parliaments of Charles II, and then again in the second Parliament of William III and first and second Parliaments of Queen Anne.
His son George Bowes, later represented the County.
Sir William married Elizabeth Blakiston of Gibside on August 17, 1691.
She was the daughter of Sir Francis Blakiston and Ann Bowes who was the daughter of Sir George Bowes of Bradley Hall.
From this marriage came much of the wealth of the Bowes( later Bowes- Lyon) family as the Gibside estates lay over rich coal seams.
The children of Sir William and Lady Bowes were William Blakiston, Thomas( d 1722), George, Anne, Elizabeth, Jane and Margaret.
George's daughter( Sir William's granddaughter) was Mary Eleanor Bowes( 1745 – 1800) – in her day considered to be the" wealthiest woman in Europe".
Sir William
Bowes is the 5 x- great- grandfather of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, and 7 x- great- grandfather of actor Benedict Cumberbatch.
Sir William Chaytor, 1st Baronet
Sir William Chaytor, 1st Baronet (29 April 1771 – 28 January 1847) was a British politician and businessman.
Chaytor was the illegitimate son of William Chaytor, by Jane Lee
(they were later married).
He had banking interests and was a major landowner in north east England.
He owned Witton Park, the estate of Witton Castle, within which he developed the Witton Park Colliery.
He became a board member of the Stockton and Darlington Railway which served the pit.
The architect Ignatius Bonomi extended Witton Castle and built the Croft Spa Hotel and the now-demolished Clervaux Castle near Croft for Chaytor.
Chaytor was made a baronet in 1831.
He served as a Whig Member of Parliament for Sunderland from 1832 to 35 and was a supporter of Earl Grey and of the Reform Act 1832.
He was appointed High Sheriff of Durham in 1839.
Chaytor was married to Isabella (1781–1854).
Their eldest son, also William Chaytor, was also a Member of Parliament.
James Walker (physician)
James Walker, FRS( c. 1720- 22 February 1789) was a British physician.
He matriculated from Brasenose College, in 1734.
He lived in Springhead, near Hull.
He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society on 9 June 1774.
He is the grandfather of Sir James Walker, 1st Baronet( 1803 – 1883).
Thomas Gladstones
Thomas Gladstones( 3 June 1732 – 12 May 1809) was a Scottish merchant and philanthropist.
He was the father of Sir John Gladstone and the grandfather of the British prime minister William Ewart Gladstone.
Sir Gilbert Dolben, 1st Baronet
Sir Gilbert Dolben, 1st Baronet( 1658- 1722), of Finedon, Northamptonshire, was an English lawyer, landowner and Tory politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1685 and 1715.
He also served as a High Court judge in Ireland for many years.
He was the grandfather of the leading anti-slavery campaigner Sir William Dolben.

Question: Who is the paternal grandfather of Sir William Chaytor, 1St Baronet?
Answer: Henry Chaytor