 1655 - 1702 (47 years)
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| Name |
William Selwyn |
| Prefix |
Maj. Gen. |
| Born |
1655 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
15 Apr 1702 |
Jamaica  |
| Age |
47 years |
| Buried |
Matson, Gloucester |
| Person ID |
I0486 |
The Selwyn Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
10 Jul 2020 |
| Family |
Albinia Betenson, b. 1657, d. 29 Dec 1737 (Age 80 years) |
| Married |
26 May 1681 |
Westminster Abbey |
| Children |
| + | 1. Albinia Selwyn, b. 1682, d. 1702, Chislehurst (Age 20 years) |
| | 2. William Selwyn, b. 1683, d. Abt 1690 (Age 7 years) |
| + | 3. Margaret Selwyn, b. 1684, d. 27 Apr 1742 (Age 58 years) |
| | 4. Elizabeth Frances Selwyn, b. 1685, d. Aft 1722 (Age > 38 years) |
| + | 5. Col. John Selwyn, b. 20 Aug 1688, Scadbury Park, Kent , d. 5 Nov 1751, Matson (Age 63 years) |
| | 6. Maj. Charles Selwyn, b. 1689, d. 9 Jun 1749, St. Mary's Hampton, Kew (Age 60 years) |
| + | 7. Capt. Henry Selwyn, b. 19 Aug 1690, d. 3 Sep 1734, Matson (Age 44 years) |
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| Last Modified |
4 May 2011 |
| Family ID |
F073 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Entry on the Queen's Royal Surrey's site
- According to his entry in John Davis, the history of the Second Queen's
Royal Regiment, now the Queen's (Royal West) Surrey Regiment, vol. vi
(London, 1906), which covers officers serving between 1661 and 1904,
William Selwyn was commissioned as a Captain in the Guards on 1 September
1681, as Captain & Lieutenant Colonel, 2nd Foot Guards in 1688 and Colonel
of the 2nd Regiment of Foot on 18 December 1691. He was made a Brigadier
General in 1695, and exchanged to the Colonelcy of the 22nd Foot on 28 June
1701. On 9 March 1702, he was promoted to Major General and Governor of
Jamaica. He died in Jamaica on 6 April 1702. He served at the battles of
Landen, 19 July 1693 and Namur, 20 August 1695, serving in the allied army
under the command of William III. He appears to have served at some time
probably in the Anglo-Dutch Brigade in the United Netherlands, where he
came to the notice of the future William III.
- Inherited Matson House in 1679
- Entry on History of Parliament
- M.P. for Gloucester, 1698 - Nov. 1701
- s. William, of Gloucester (city), arm. ORIEL COLL., matric. 11 April 1674, aged 16; of Stonehouse, co. Gloucester; M.P. Gloucester 1698-1700, 1700-1, colonel 1701, major-general 1702; died 6 April, 1702. See Foster's Parliamentary History.
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