Biography of Walter Chetwynd 1633-1693

On 9th May 1632 Walter Chetwynd was born to Walter Chetwynd (age 34) and Frances Hesilrige (age 17).

On 2nd July 1632 [his father] Walter Chetwynd (age 34) and [his mother] Frances Hesilrige (age 17) were married at St Dunstan's in the West, Fleet Street [Map].

On 14th September 1668 Walter Chetwynd (age 36) and Anne Bagot (age 25) were married. They had one daughter, Frances, who died aged around ten years.

On 19th April 1669 [his father] Walter Chetwynd (age 71) died. His son Walter Chetwynd (age 36) inherited Ingestre Hall, Staffordshire.

On 6th December 1671 [his wife] Anne Bagot (age 28) died. Monument at St Mary the Virgin Church, Ingestre [Map], right side [her husband Walter Chetwynd (age 39) on left] ...

Anne Bagot: Around 1643 she was born to Edward Bagot 2nd Baronet. On 14th September 1668 Walter Chetwynd and she were married. They had one daughter, Frances, who died aged around ten years.

In 1676 Walter Chetwynd (age 43) commissioned the building of St Mary the Virgin Church, Ingestre [Map]. The church is attributed to Christopher Wren (age 52) who was a friend of Walter Chetwynd. Pevsner writes: "A drawing by Wren annotated 'Mr Chetwynd's Tower' exists...Wren worked almost exclusively for the King...but in the case of St Mary('s Church, Ingestre) the exquisite quality speaks unequivocally." The church was consecrated in August 1677 with a full day of services with "the Bishop baptizing a child, churching a woman, joining a couple in matrimony and burying another, all on the same day...the idea was to emphasize that this was a Parish Church, and not a private Chapel for the Chetwynd family."

On 16th November 1686 [his mother] Frances Hesilrige (age 71) died.

On 21st March 1693 Walter Chetwynd (age 60) died of smallpox. He was buried at St Mary the Virgin Church, Ingestre [Map]. John Chetwynd of Boughton (age 50) inherited Ingestre Hall, Staffordshire.

After 21st February 1736. St Mary the Virgin Church, Ingestre [Map]. Monument, left side, to Walter Chetwynd.

Monument, left middle, to Walter Chetwynd 1st Viscount Chetwynd (deceased) and his wife Mary Berkeley Viscountess Chetwynd (age 65).