Sir George Oxenden, 5th Baronet

Sir George Oxenden, 5th Baronet (26 October 1694 – 20 January 1775) was an English Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1720 to 1754.

Oxenden was the son of George Oxenden LLD master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge and his wife Elizabeth Dixwell daughter of Sir Basil Dixwell Bt. In 1720 he succeeded his brother Sir Henry Oxenden, 3rd Baronet in the baronetcy.^[1]

Oxenden was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Sandwich on 9 May 1720 and held the seat until 1754.^[2] He was a Lord of the Admiralty and a Lord of the Treasury.^[1]

On the death of his uncle Sir Basil Dixwell, 2nd Baronet, who died in 1750, without any sons, Oxenden inherited the Dixwell estate, or what remained of it after debts had been paid.^[3] As a condition of the inheritance he was required to take on the surname of Dixwell, but although he procured an Act of Parliament in 1751, to this effect,^[4] it's not clear if he took the surname on in practice.

Oxenden died aged 80.

Elizabeth Dunch (Thomas Hudson (painter))

Oxenden married Elizabeth Dunch, daughter of Edmund Dunch of Little Wittenham then in Berkshire. They had one son Henry who succeeded in the baronetcy.

References

1. John Burke A General and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage Volume 2
2. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 2)
3. History of Parliament online
4. Deed Poll Office: Private Act of Parliament 1751 (25 Geo. 2). c. 1

External links

• Artnet Portrait by Edward Byng