Sir William Massingberd, 3rd Baronet
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Sir William Massingberd, 3rd Baronet (1677 – 1723) of Gunby Hall, Lincolnshire was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1721 to 1723. [1]
He was the only son of Sir William Massingberd, 2nd Baronet and educated at Merchant Taylors’ School in 1690-1 and St Catharine's College, Cambridge. He inherited his baronetcy on his father's death in 1719.
Massingberd stood for parliament at Boston at a by-election in 1719, but was defeated. He was then elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Lincolnshire at a by-election in January 1721. He was re-elected for Lincolnshire at the 1722 general election and sat until his death in 1723.
| Meux's Name Act 1737 | |
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| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to enable William Massingberd Esquire, heretofore called William Meux, and the Heirs Male of his Body, to take and use the Surname of Massingberd, pursuant to a Settlement made by Sir William Massingberd Baronet, deceased. |
| Citation | 11 Geo. 2. c. 23 Pr. |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 20 May 1738 |
On Massingberd's unmarried death, the baronetcy became extinct and his estate, including Gunby Hall, passed to his nephew William Meux, who changed name by a private act of Parliament, Meux's Name Act 1737 (11 Geo. 2. c. 23 Pr.), to Massingberd as a condition of the inheritance,[2][3] thereby becoming William Meux Massingberd.
