George Marwood, 1st Baronet

Sir George Marwood was a Yorkshire landowner who served as the High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1651 and was later elected as the Member of Parliament for Northallerton in 1660.[1]

High Sheriff of Yorkshire

Sir George Marwood
Coat of Arms of Sir George Marwood
Bornc. 1601
Stokesley, North Riding of Yorkshire
Resting placeSt Michael le Belfrey, York
Alma materLincoln College, University of Oxford
Title1st Baronet of Little Busby

Background

George Marwood was born in 1601 in Stokesley to Henry and Ann (née Constable) Marwood.[2] His family had been seated at Busby Hall in Little Busby since 1587[3] and held further property at Wilberfoss, Acomb Grange and Sedbergh.[4] The Marwoods were an ancient family who directly descended from Edward III.[5] He was educated at Lincoln College, Oxford.[6] He married Frances Bethell daughter of Sir Walter Bethell of Alne in 1627.[7]

Marwood had three sons and three daughters:[5]

  • Sir Henry Marwood, 2nd Baronet
  • George Marwood
  • Barbara Marwood, married Sir Thomas Hebblethwaite M.P.
  • Frances Marwood, married Sir Richard Weston
  • Anne Marwood, married William Metcalfe

References
  1. "George Marwood (1601-1680) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree". www.wikitree.com. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  2. "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975: George Marwood, 28 Apr 1601". Family Search.
  3. "MARWOOD, Sir Henry, 2nd Bt. (c.1635-1725), of Little Busby, Stokesley, Yorks. | History of Parliament Online". www.histparl.ac.uk. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  4. "Busby Hall Archive". North Yorkshire County Record Office. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  5. Marquis of Ruvigny and Raineval (1911). Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal. London: Melville & Company. pp. 7.
  6. Dugdale, William; Clay, John William (1899). Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with additions. David O. McKay Library Brigham Young University-Idaho. Exeter : W. Pollard & Co.
  7. "England Marriages, 1538–1973: George Marwood and France Bethell 03 Apr 1627". Family Search.
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