13 Facts About Nathaniel Whetham

Nathaniel Whetham was an English baker and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1654 and 1659.

Nathaniel Whetham fought in the Parliamentary army in the English Civil War.

Nathaniel Whetham was apprenticed in London to Edward Terrill, the baker to the Inner Temple.

Nathaniel Whetham joined the "Company of the Plough" which had secured a patent from Sir Ferdinando Gorges on land in South-East Maine with the aim of emigrating there but the venture was unsuccessful and he continued his trade in the Company of Whitebakers.

Nathaniel Whetham remained at Northampton for most of the next three years and took part in the second siege of Banbury Castle.

Nathaniel Whetham was responsible for reorganising the armed forces, and setting up of a Hampshire Militia under his own command.

Nathaniel Whetham was appointed a Justice of the Peace for Hampshire.

Nathaniel Whetham was elected to sit on the Committee of Safety but does not appear to have attended any meetings.

Nathaniel Whetham finished his term as governor of Portsmouth in 1659.

Nathaniel Whetham then joined General Monck who was advancing on London from the north.

However, by the time of the Restoration his regiment had been handed over to Colonel Richard Norton and later King Charles II and Parliament agreed to annul the sale of church lands by which Nathaniel Whetham had bought the manor of Chard.

Nathaniel Whetham left his manorial home for a small tenancy on the estate and remained there until his death in 1668 at the age of about 64.

Nathaniel Whetham married Joanna Terrill, widow of his former master Edward Terrill.