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unusual facts about Sir Bourchier Wrey, 6th Baronet



Sir Bourchier Wrey, 4th Baronet

Sir Bourchier Wrey, 4th Baronet (1653-1696), was a duellist, Member of Parliament, and commanded a regiment of horse after the Restoration, serving under the Duke of Monmouth.

Wrey was the son of Sir Chichester Wrey, second baronet, by Anne, widow of Lionel Cranfield, Earl of Middlesex, and daughter and coheiress of Edward Bourchier, Fourth Earl of Bath (d. 1636).

Sir Bourchier Wrey, 6th Baronet

He was elected Member of Parliament for Barnstaple in 1747 and went to Bremen, Hamburg and Lübeck in 1752 as a delegate for the 'Society for Carrying on the Herring Fishery'.

He rebuilt the pier at Ilfracombe and established better arrangements for English fishermen in Bremen, Hamburg, Lübeck and Copenhagen.


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