Sir William Gardiner, 1st Baronet
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Sir William Gardiner, 1st Baronet (9 May 1628 – 23 June 1691) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660.
Gardiner was the son of Robert Gardiner of Wigan and his wife Mary Palmer.[1]
In 1660, Gardiner was elected Member of Parliament for Wigan in the Convention Parliament.[2] He was made a Knight of the Bath at the coronation of King Charles II and was created Baronet of Roche Court in the same year on 2 December 1660.[1]
Gardiner died at the age of 63
Gardiner married Anne Brocas, daughter Robert Brocas of Beaurepaire, Hampshire, and had two sons Brocas and Bernard.[1]
