Wren's fourth and youngest child was born in June, 1679, and baptized, also at St. Martin's, by the name of William. Sir Christopher's good friend Evelyn was one godfather, the other was Sir William Fermor, the head of an old Cavalier family of Northamptonshire, whose father, all but ruined in the civil wars, survived to attend as one of the Knights of the Bath at Charles II's coronation. Sir William, who was by his mother's side first cousin to Lady Wren, was a friend of Evelyn's, whose tastes he shared. He was created Lord Lempster by William and Mary.
The other sponsor was Lady Newport, daughter of the Earl of Bedford, and wife of the Lord Treasurer, Lord Newport, who, greatly distinguished by his loyalty and his suffering in the Civil War, was made Comptroller of the Household, and in 1672 Lord Treasurer, an office which he held under the two succeeding monarchs. Lord Newport was a friend both of Wren and of Evelyn, and entertained them, Prince Rupert, and others at his house, where he had a fine collection of pictures.
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Source(s):
- Phillimore Lucy. 1881. Sir Christopher Wren His Family and His Times : With Original Letters and a Discourse on Architecture Hitherto Unpublished. 1585-1723. London: Kegan Paul Trench.
- Wren Christopher et al. Parentalia : Or Memoirs of the Family of the Wrens; Viz. of Mathew Bishop of Ely Christopher Dean of Windsor &c. but Chiefly of Sir Christopher Wren ... in Which Is Contained Besides His Works a Great Number of Original Papers and Records; on Religion Politicks Anatomy Mathematicks Architecture Antiquities; and Most Branches of Polite Literature. Printed for T. Osborn 1750.
The other sponsor was Lady Newport, daughter of the Earl of Bedford, and wife of the Lord Treasurer, Lord Newport, who, greatly distinguished by his loyalty and his suffering in the Civil War, was made Comptroller of the Household, and in 1672 Lord Treasurer, an office which he held under the two succeeding monarchs. Lord Newport was a friend both of Wren and of Evelyn, and entertained them, Prince Rupert, and others at his house, where he had a fine collection of pictures.
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Source(s):
- Phillimore Lucy. 1881. Sir Christopher Wren His Family and His Times : With Original Letters and a Discourse on Architecture Hitherto Unpublished. 1585-1723. London: Kegan Paul Trench.
- Wren Christopher et al. Parentalia : Or Memoirs of the Family of the Wrens; Viz. of Mathew Bishop of Ely Christopher Dean of Windsor &c. but Chiefly of Sir Christopher Wren ... in Which Is Contained Besides His Works a Great Number of Original Papers and Records; on Religion Politicks Anatomy Mathematicks Architecture Antiquities; and Most Branches of Polite Literature. Printed for T. Osborn 1750.
Wren's fourth and youngest child was born in June, 1679, and baptized, also at St. Martin's, by the name of William. Sir Christopher's good friend Evelyn was one godfather, the other was Sir William Fermor, the head of an old Cavalier family of Northamptonshire, whose father, all but ruined in the civil wars, survived to attend as one of the Knights of the Bath at Charles II's coronation. Sir William, who was by his mother's side first cousin to Lady Wren, was a friend of Evelyn's, whose tastes he shared. He was created Lord Lempster by William and Mary.
The other sponsor was Lady Newport, daughter of the Earl of Bedford, and wife of the Lord Treasurer, Lord Newport, who, greatly distinguished by his loyalty and his suffering in the Civil War, was made Comptroller of the Household, and in 1672 Lord Treasurer, an office which he held under the two succeeding monarchs. Lord Newport was a friend both of Wren and of Evelyn, and entertained them, Prince Rupert, and others at his house, where he had a fine collection of pictures.
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Source(s):
- Phillimore Lucy. 1881. Sir Christopher Wren His Family and His Times : With Original Letters and a Discourse on Architecture Hitherto Unpublished. 1585-1723. London: Kegan Paul Trench.
- Wren Christopher et al. Parentalia : Or Memoirs of the Family of the Wrens; Viz. of Mathew Bishop of Ely Christopher Dean of Windsor &c. but Chiefly of Sir Christopher Wren ... in Which Is Contained Besides His Works a Great Number of Original Papers and Records; on Religion Politicks Anatomy Mathematicks Architecture Antiquities; and Most Branches of Polite Literature. Printed for T. Osborn 1750.
The other sponsor was Lady Newport, daughter of the Earl of Bedford, and wife of the Lord Treasurer, Lord Newport, who, greatly distinguished by his loyalty and his suffering in the Civil War, was made Comptroller of the Household, and in 1672 Lord Treasurer, an office which he held under the two succeeding monarchs. Lord Newport was a friend both of Wren and of Evelyn, and entertained them, Prince Rupert, and others at his house, where he had a fine collection of pictures.
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Source(s):
- Phillimore Lucy. 1881. Sir Christopher Wren His Family and His Times : With Original Letters and a Discourse on Architecture Hitherto Unpublished. 1585-1723. London: Kegan Paul Trench.
- Wren Christopher et al. Parentalia : Or Memoirs of the Family of the Wrens; Viz. of Mathew Bishop of Ely Christopher Dean of Windsor &c. but Chiefly of Sir Christopher Wren ... in Which Is Contained Besides His Works a Great Number of Original Papers and Records; on Religion Politicks Anatomy Mathematicks Architecture Antiquities; and Most Branches of Polite Literature. Printed for T. Osborn 1750.
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