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Sir William Whitelock KC (27 December 1636 – 22 November 1717) was an English Tory gentleman, barrister, and Member of Parliament. His name is also spelt Whitelocke (which was preferred by his father) and Whitlock. Early lifeWhitelock was the second son of Sir Bulstrode Whitelocke (1605–1675), parliamentarian and one of Oliver Cromwell's Commissioners of the Great Seal of England. He was the first son of his father's second wife, Frances Willoughby (died 1649), a daughter of William Willoughby, 3rd Baron Willoughby of Parham. As a young man Whitelock joined the Middle Temple and was called to the bar. He lived at Phillis Court, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, given up to him by his father, and became Treasurer of the Middle Temple. Later in life he was appointed a King's or Queen's Counsel to William of Orange, Queen Anne, and George I.[1] Parliamentary careerIn 1659 Whitelock was elected to the short-lived Third Protectorate Parliament called by Richard Cromwell, but sat for only one session, from 27 January to 22 April 1659, as one of the two members of parliament for Westlow in Cornwall. After Cromwell had dissolved this parliament in April, he recalled the earlier Rump Parliament, in which Whitelock was not a member. In 1660 the Commonwealth collapsed, and the House of Stuart was restored. Whitelock did not return to parliament until shortly after the Glorious Revolution, when in December 1689 he won the by-election at Great Marlow caused by the death of John Hoby, becoming one of the borough's two Members in the House of Commons of England. A few months later, at the general election of 1690, he was elected for Great Marlow again and sat for it until October 1695. At a by-election on 22 November 1703 caused by the departure of Heneage Finch for the House of Lords, Whitelock was elected to represent the High Tory constituency of the University of Oxford. After the Union of England and Scotland in 1707, he continued to represent the University in the enlarged House of Commons of Great Britain until his death.[2][3] Whitelock was an extreme Tory, and fond of old fashions. On one occasion, he was speaking in the House of Commons and said "as black as – ", to be interrupted by an opponent with "your shoe-strings!" Whitelock replied "Sir, I remember when there were more shoe-strings and fewer coxcombs in this assembly!" On another occasion, in 1714, Whitelock began a speech in the Commons with a reference to the Elector of Hanover: "If he ever comes to the throne, which I hope he never will..." This was met with angry shouts from the Whigs and by demands for him to take his words back. Whitelock replied calmly that Queen Anne was younger than her appointed heir and that he hoped she would outlive him.[1] Later lifeWhitelock was knighted in 1689. He died at Phillis Court on 22 November 1717 and was buried at Fawley, Buckinghamshire, the principal family estate.[1] His death was reported as follows: {{quote|Sir William Whitelock of Phillis-Court in the County of Oxon. Knight, Member for the University of Oxford, one of His Majesty's Council at Law, Nov. 22. 1717.[4]}}He had married, in 1671, Mary, the daughter of Sir Thomas Overbury of Bourton on the Hill, Gloucestershire and left 8 daughters. Notes1. ^1 2 Humphry William Woolrych, Eminent Serjeants-at-law of the English bar (vol. I, 1869), [https://books.google.com/books?id=KCJxo6bH06AC&pg=PA381 p. 381] {{s-start}}{{s-par|en}}{{succession box2. ^Narcissus Luttrell, The parliamentary diary of Narcissus Luttrell, 1691–1693 (1972 edition), p. 508 3. ^Eveline Cruickshanks, D. W. Hayton, Stuart Handley, The House of Commons, 1690–1715, Vol. 2 (Cambridge University Press, 2002), [https://books.google.com/books?id=hrgAVrbHM2kC&pg=PA484#v=onepage&q&f=false p. 484] 4. ^John Phillips, Titles and honours conferred by His late Majesty King George I. and His present Majesty, in Great-Britain and Ireland (1728), [https://books.google.com/books?id=9yQIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA115#v=onepage&q&f=false p. 115] | title = Member of Parliament for Great Marlow | with = Viscount of Falkland | years = 1689–1695 | before = Viscount of Falkland John Hoby | after = James Chase Sir James Etheridge }}{{succession box | title = Member of Parliament for University of Oxford | with = William Bromley | years = 1703–1707 | before = William Bromley Sir Heneage Finch | after = Parliament of Great Britain }}{{s-par|gb}}{{succession box | title = Member of Parliament for University of Oxford | with = William Bromley | years = 1707–1717 | before = Parliament of England | after = George Clarke William Bromley }}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Whitelock, William}} 17 : 1636 births|1717 deaths|Members of the Middle Temple|English Queen's Counsel|Members of the pre-1707 Parliament of England for the University of Oxford|English MPs 1689–1690|English MPs 1690–1695|English MPs 1702–1705|English MPs 1705–1707|Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies|Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Oxford University|British MPs 1707–08|British MPs 1708–10|British MPs 1710–13|British MPs 1713–15|British MPs 1715–22|Knights Bachelor |
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