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Born | Christopher Walters |
Known for | Parliamentarian and Landowner |
Spouse | Elizabeth Stockdale (née Liddell) |
Christopher Walters Stockdale (1665–1713) was an English politician and landowner in Yorkshire who served as Member of Parliament for Knaresborough from 1693 until his death in 1713. [1]
He was born Christopher Walters in 1665, the second son of Robert Walters of Cundall Manor (now an independent boarding school). [2] His uncle was William Stockdale, a distinguished Whig parliamentarian who had held his Knaresborough seat for 33 years without interruption. [2] As a condition of inheriting his uncle's substantial estate and political interests he changed his surname to Stockdale by royal license in 1693. [3] This estate included Bilton Hall near Harrogate. In the same year he was elected as Member of Parliament for Knaresborough. [1]
Christopher Stockdale married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Liddell, 2nd Baronet of Ravensworth Castle. [4] They had one son named William Stockdale. [5]
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