William Mackworth-Praed/PRAED, M3SR-HS8^[1]

1747 - 1833  (86 years)

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  Name	William Mackworth-Praed/PRAED
  Suffix	M3SR-HS8
  Birth	24 Jun 1747  [2]
  Christening	9 June 1749	Eccleshall, Staffordshire
  Gender	Male
  Married	1778 (30 years)
  	In 1778, he married Elizabeth Tyringham, daughter of the banker and MP Barnaby Backwell, of Tyringham in Buckinghamshire. They had ten children
  Residence	Abt 1800 (52 years)	Tyringham Hall, Tyringham, Buckinghamshire
  Death	9 Oct 1833
  Burial	Y  [2]
  Occupation	A partner in his family's banks in Cornwall, Praed also founded Praed's & Co in Fleet Street, London.
  	Grand Junction Canal, Paddington, London  - Praed's business interests were a higher priority than parliamentary affairs, and he was particularly focused on the Grand Junction Canal, of which he was chairman. He steered through Parliament the bill which authorised its construction, and Praed Street in Paddington (near the canal's Paddington Basin) is named after him
  	1774 (26 years) - [Office] MP St Ives, St Ives, Cornwall  - His family mostly controlled the borough of St Ives, which elected him to the House of Commons at the 1774 general election
  	1779 (31 years) - Praed became a partner in his father’s Truro bank in 1779
  	Abt 1802 (54 years) - manor of Lelant and Trevetho, Lelant, Cornwall  - Having already built a new country seat at Tyringham Hall in Buckinghamshire, he sold Trevethoe manor, and his interest in Cornwall waned
  Person ID	I8941	AHP
  Last Modified	21 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	Humphrey Mackworth-Praed, Esq; KZKN-VL9,   b. 1718, Watling Street, Shropshire d. 6 Mar 1803 (Age 85 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Dame Mary Delves, da. of William Forester, wid. of Sir Brian Broughton Delves, 4th Bt., M.P., 2s. 4da Forrester/BROUGHTON-DELVES/PRAED, LCXT-4D2,   b. 20 Dec 1717   d. 26 Sep 1779 (Age 61 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	1 Jan 1746
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 28 years and 1 month - She : 28 years and 1 month.
  Histories		Sir Humphrey Mackworth b Jan 1657, knighted 1682 and heirs William Mackworth-Praed, later Mackworth-Praed of Trevethoe Colburn, Henry (1837). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Retrieved 21 Jan 2026 via Google Books
  Family ID	F2507	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth d of Barnaby Backwell of Tyringham Backwell/PRAED, of Tyringham, Buckinghamshire,   b. 9 Jan 1749, Bucks Tyringham Flyan, Tyringham, Buckinghamshire bur. 3 Apr 1811 (Age ~ 62 years)
  Marriage	1778
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 30 years and 6 months - She : ~ 28 years and 11 months.
  Children	+ 1. James Backwell Praed, of Tyringham, Bucks,   b. 30 May 1779   d. 13 Jan 1837 (Age 57 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   2. William Tyringham Praed,   b. 1780   d. 8 Jul 1846, London (Age 66 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Putative]   3. Elizabeth Praed/HOARE,   b. Abt 1782   d. 15 Jun 1860 (Age 78 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
  Family ID	F2509	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Apr 2024

  
  

• Event Map		Occupation - His family mostly controlled the borough of St Ives, which elected him to the House of Commons at the 1774 general election - 1774 (26 years) - [Office] MP St Ives, St Ives, Cornwall  Occupation - Praed's business interests were a higher priority than parliamentary affairs, and he was particularly focused on the Grand Junction Canal, of which he was chairman. He steered through Parliament the bill which authorised its construction, and Praed Street in Paddington (near the canal's Paddington Basin) is named after him - - Grand Junction Canal, Paddington, London  Residence - Abt 1800 - Tyringham Hall, Tyringham, Buckinghamshire  Occupation - Having already built a new country seat at Tyringham Hall in Buckinghamshire, he sold Trevethoe manor, and his interest in Cornwall waned - Abt 1802 (54 years) - manor of Lelant and Trevetho, Lelant, Cornwall   = Link to Google Earth
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• Documents		Summary of Individual | Legacies of British Slavery | Archive taken April 2023
  		Cornish Bank and Copper Miners’ Bank | William Mackworth Praed - Banks January 1771 he started together with Francis Basset and Sir William Lemon the Copper Miners’ Bank at Truro, but left it within six months June 1771 founded together with Sir John Molesworth and Edward Eliot the Cornish Bank, also at Truro

  
  

  Histories		Sir Humphrey Mackworth b Jan 1657, knighted 1682 and heirs William Mackworth-Praed, later Mackworth-Praed of Trevethoe Colburn, Henry (1837). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Retrieved 21 Jan 2026 via Google Books
  		Henry Trevaskis of Marazion, Cornwall, created his last will and testament created May 11, 1839; under £200 decd 24 May 1839 May 11, 1839, Henry Trevaskis of Marazion, Cornwall, created his last will and testament, leaving most of his estate to his youngest daughter, Grace Trevaskis, including £70 and all household goods. His daughter Mary Trevaskis was left £5, while Jenefer Potter, also his daughter, received £3. The funds were allocated from accounts in local…

  
  

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  [S37] Wikipedia. not to be confused with his first cousin of the same name, William Mackworth Praed, serjeant-at-law (1756–1835) and revising barrister for Bath[3] who was the father of Winthrop Mackworth Praed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Praed [S103] A history of the parishes of St. Ives, Lelant, Towednack and Zennor, 1833, ahistoryparishe01mattgoog_djvu. (Reliability: 3). CHURCHES OF LELANT, TOWEDNACK AND ZENNOR. 97 Stone sarcophagus surrounded by an iron railing, close to the south wall of the church. In memory of William Praed, Esquire, of Trevetho, died 1833 aged 84. Erected by his children in memory of ' the best of fathers.' https://archive.org/stream/ahistoryparishe01mattgoog/ahistoryparishe01mattgoog_djvu.txt