Sir Francis Winnington, 5th Baronet
Sir Francis Salwey Winnington, 5th Baronet DL JP (24 September 1849 – 4 March 1931) was an English baronet. Early life. Winnington was born on 24 September 1849. He was the second, but only surviving, son of the former Anna Helena Domvile and Sir Thomas Edward Winnington, 4th Baronet of Stanford Court, Stanford-on-Teme, Worcestershire. His younger sister, Helena Caroline Winnington, married Hon. Frederick Hanbury-Tracy, MP for Montgomery. His paternal grandparents were Joanna Taylor and Sir Thomas Winnington, 3rd Baronet. His maternal grandparents were Sir Compton Domvile, 1st Baronet (an Irish MP in the  United Kingdom parliament and Governor of County Dublin) and Helena Sarah Trench (daughter of Frederick Trench MP for Maryborough). His cousin, The Right Reverend and Right Hon. Arthur Winnington-Ingram, was the Bishop of London, and another, Edward Winnington-Ingram, served as Archdeacon of Hereford. Career. Winnington succeeded as the 5th Baronet Winnington, of Stanford Court, on 18 June 1872 following the death of his father, who had served as MP for Bewdley. He served as an ensign in the 66th Foot. He held the office of High Sheriff of Worcestershire in 1894, succeeding Edward Vincent Vashon Wheeler. Winnington's  father had also served as High Sheriff in 1852. He held the office of Justice of the Peace for Worcestershire and the office of Deputy Lieutenant of Worcestershire. Personal life. On 5 February 1879, Winnington was married to Jane Spencer-Churchill (1858–1940) at the church of All Saints, Ennismore Gardens in London. Jane was the eldest daughter of Lord Alfred Spencer-Churchill and the Hon. Harriet Gough-Calthorpe. Her paternal grandparents were George Spencer-Churchill, 6th Duke of Marlborough and Lady Jane Stewart and her maternal grandparents were Frederick Gough, 4th Baron Calthorpe and Lady Charlotte Sophia Somerset (eldest daughter  of Henry Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort), Together, they were the parents of: Sir Francis died on 4 March 1931. As his eldest son predeceased him in 1913, he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his grandson, Francis Salwey William Winnington (1907–2003). Descendants. Through his son Francis, he was a great-grandfather of Sarah Rose Winnington (b. 1951), who married Anthony Noel, 6th Earl of Gainsborough and was a lady-in-waiting to Diana, Princess of Wales.