Sir Christopher Wray, MP, 2nd Bt of Ashby and 6th of Glentworth

Family and Education

bap. 10 Feb. 1652, 1st s. of (Sir) William Wray, 1st Bt. educ. Univ. Coll. Oxf. 1668; travelled abroad (France) 1670. m. May 1670, Dorothy Ballantyne of Paris (annulled 13 July 1671), s.p. suc. fa. 17 Oct. 1669, cos. Sir Bethel Wray as 6th Bt. of Glentworth 19 Feb. 1672.

Biography

Sir Christopher Wray, 2nd and 6th Baronet (1652 - 1679) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1675 to 1679.

Wray was the son of Sir William Wray, 1st Baronet, of Ashby and his wife Olympia Tufton, daughter of Sir Humfrey Tufton, 1st Baronet of the Mote, Maidstone. He matriculated at University College, Oxford on 19 December 1668, aged 16. He succeeded to the 1660 Baronetcy of Ashby on the death of his father on 17 October 1669, and to the 1611 Baronetcy of Glentworth on the death of his cousin in February 1672. In 1675, he was elected Member of Parliament for Great Grimsby.

Wray died unmarried at the age of about 26 and was buried on 31 August 1679 at St. Giles' in the Fields, London, with his brother and their grandparents.

Sources and Links

• The History of Parliament Online
• wikipedia.org
• thepeerage.com