The family paintings passed to the Cook/Widdrington family of Newton Hall, which were auctioned by Christie’s in 2010.
William Widdrington, 4th Baron Widdrington (1678–1743), English peer and supporter of the Stuart claim to the English Crown
He served as governor of Lincoln in 1643, and on 2 November 1643 was elevated to the Peerage as 1st Baron Widdrington of Blankney.
Baron | William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley | baron | Sacha Baron Cohen | Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister | Joey Baron | Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell | Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux | Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester | William Wallace, Baron Wallace of Saltaire | William Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney | James Mackay, Baron Mackay of Clashfern | Hercules Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead | George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney | Beechcraft Baron | Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley | Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman | Stuart Rendel, 1st Baron Rendel | Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank | John Moore-Brabazon, 1st Baron Brabazon of Tara | Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington | Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore | Benedict Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore | Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza | William Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby | Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild | Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea | Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala | Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington | John Reith, 1st Baron Reith |
Widdrington was the son of William Widdrington, 3rd Baron Widdrington, by the Honourable Alathea Fairfax, daughter of Charles Fairfax, 5th Viscount Fairfax of Emley.