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.

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

Oxenden died aged 80.

File:Elizabeth Dunch, later Lady Oxenden, by Thomas Hudson.jpg

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.

External links

• Artnet Portrait by Edward Byng

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Sir Thomas D'Aeth Sir Henry Oxenden, Bt	Member of Parliament for Sandwich 1720–1754 With: Sir Thomas D'Aeth 1720–22 Josiah Burchett 1724–41 John Pratt 1741–47 John Clevland 1747–54	Succeeded by John Clevland Claudius Amyand
Baronetage of England
Preceded by Henry Oxenden	Baronet (of Dene) 1720–1770	Succeeded by Henry Oxenden