Sir William Jerningham, 6th Baronet
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7 March 1736
Sir William Jerningham, Bt | |
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 Study for the Portrait of Sir William, by Henri-Pierre Danloux, 1795 | |
| Born | William Jerningham 7 March 1736 |
| Died | 14 August 1809 (aged 73) Costessey Hall, Norfolk |
| Spouse |
Hon. Frances Dillon
(m. 1767; died 1809) |
| Children | 4, including George |
| Parent(s) | Sir George Jerningham, 5th Baronet Marie Françoise Plowden |
Sir William Jerningham, 6th Baronet, de jure 7th Baron Stafford (7 March 1736 – 14 August 1809) was an English landowner.
Jerningham was born on 7 March 1736. He was the only son of Marie Françoise "Mary" Plowden (1704–1785) and Sir George Jerningham, 5th Baronet. His mother was the sole heiress of her uncle, John Stafford-Howard, 4th Earl of Stafford.[1]
His maternal grandparents were Francis Plowden, an MP for Bannow who served as Comptroller of the Household of the exiled Jacobite court of James II, and Mary Stafford-Howard (eldest daughter of Hon. John Stafford-Howard of Stafford Castle and granddaughter of William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford and Mary Howard, Countess of Stafford).[1]
Career
Jerningham was the representative of one of the few remaining families of English Gentry prior to the Conquest, and was descended on many sides from King Edward III.[2]
Upon the death of his father on 21 January 1774, he succeeded as the 7th Baronet Jerningham.[3] On the death of Lady Anastasia Stafford-Howard in 1807, he would have become the 7th Baron Stafford but for the attainder, which was reversed by his son in 1824.[4]