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 English 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, M.P., of Elmore, Gloucestershire and had 4 sons and 2 daughters. In 1742 he handed over Haigh Hall to his eldest son Sir Roger Bradshaigh, 4th Baronet and died in 1747.

References

  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 byJohn ByromPeter Shakerley Member of Parliament for Wigan 1695–1707 With: Peter Shakerley 1695–1698Orlando Bridgeman1698–1701, 1702–1705Sir Alexander Rigby 1701Brigadier Emanuel Scrope Howe 1705–1707 Succeeded byParliament of Great Britain Parliament of Great Britain Preceded byParliament of England Member of Parliament for Wigan 1707–1747 With: Brigadier Emanuel Scrope Howe 1707–1708Major Henry Bradshaigh 1708–1713George Kenyon 1713–1715The Earl of Barrymore 1715–1727, 1734–1747Peter Bold 1727–1734 Succeeded byRichard ClaytonThe Earl of Barrymore Preceded bySir Charles Turner, 1st Baronet, of Warham Father of the House 1738–1747 Succeeded byEdward Ashe (died 1748) Baronetage of England Preceded bySir Roger Bradshaigh, 2nd Baronet Baronet(of Haigh) 1687–1747 Succeeded bySir Roger Bradshaigh, 4th Baronet


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