William Widdrington, 4th Baron Widdrington
- William Widdrington, 4th Baron Widdrington
Baron William Widdrington (1678–1743) succeeded to the title 4th Baron Widdrington of Blankney on the death of his father in 1695.
He was a member of a staunchly Catholic family. He was educated at a Jesuit college in Paris and became a supporter of the Stuart claim to the English Crown.
He married Jane Tempest in 1700 and resided at Stella Hall, Northumberland.
He took part in the Jacobite rising of 1715, and with two of his brothers was taken prisoner after the Battle of Preston. He was convicted of high treason and condemned to death but he was reprieved and although his title and estates were forfeited, he was not executed, but was allowed to retire to Bath.
When his son, Henry Francis Widdrington, who claimed the barony, died in September 1774, the family appears to have become extinct.
References
* [http://www.northumbrianjacobites.org.uk/biogs/william4.htm Northumbrian Jacobites]
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