House of Commons, and was raised to the peerage as Baron Grantham in 1761. References Dictionary of National Biography 1655 births 1736 deaths English MPs 1689–1690 English MPs 1690–1695 English MPs 1698–1700 English MPs 1701 English MPs 1701–1702 English MPs 1702–1705 English MPs 1705–1707 Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1707–1708 British MPs 1708–1710 British MPs 1710–1713 British MPs 1713–1715 British MPs 1715–1722 Lord Mayors of York Baronets in the Baronetage of England High Sheriffs of Yorkshire William Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Members of Gray's Inn