Sir William Geary, 2nd Baronet

Biographical Summary

"Sir William Geary, Baronet [1782], of Polesdeu, 2d and yst. but only surv. s. and h., bap. 23 Sep. 1756; matric. at Oxford (Mag. Coll.), 15 June 1773, aged 16; cr. M.A., 11 May 1776; suc. to the Baronetcy, 7 Feb. 1796, and sold the Polesdeu estate in 1804 having suc. to that of Oxonhoath abovenamed, by gift of his maternal uncle, Leonard Bartholomew; was M.P. for Kent, 1796-1806, and 1812-18, and a Director of Greenwich Hospital. He m. 15 Jan. 1810, Henrietta, widow of Edward Bering da. and coheir of Richard Neville, formerly Jones, of Furnace, co. Kildare. He d. 6 Aug, 1825 at Oxonhoath Park, aged 68. Will pr. Oct. 1825. His widow d. 18 Jan. 1871, at Marden Vicarage, aged 91."

SOURCE: Complete baronetage; Cokayne, George E. (George Edward); 1906; Vol. V; page 226