Sir William Maynard, 4th Baronet

{{Short description|British politician and baronet}}

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Sir William Maynard, 4th Baronet (19 April 1721 – 18 January 1772){{cite web | url = http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage/baronetsM2.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080501225129/http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage/baronetsM2.htm | archive-date = 1 May 2008 | title = Leigh Rayment – Baronetage | url-status = usurped | accessdate = 19 April 2009 }} of Waltons, Ashdon, Essex was a British politician and baronet.

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He was the only son of Sir Henry Maynard, 3rd Baronet and his wife Catherine Gunter, daughter of George Gunter.{{cite book | last = Collins | first = Arthur | editor = Sir Egerton Brydges | publisher = T. Bensley | title = Collin's Peerage of England | volume = VI |year=1812 | location = London | pages = 289 }} In 1738, he succeeded his father as baronet.{{cite book | last = Lodge | first = Edmund | title = The Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage | url = https://archive.org/details/genealogyofexist01lodg | publisher = Saunder and Otley | edition = 6th | location = London |year=1838 | pages = [https://archive.org/details/genealogyofexist01lodg/page/326 326] }} Maynard entered the British House of Commons as Member of Parliament (MP) for Essex in 1759, representing the constituency until 1772.{{cite web | url = http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Ecommons2.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090810231626/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Ecommons2.htm | archive-date = 10 August 2009 | title = Leigh Rayment – British House of Commons, Essex | url-status = usurped | accessdate = 19 April 2009 }}

On 13 August 1751, he married Charlotte Bisshopp, second daughter of Sir Cecil Bishopp, 6th Baronet, and by her he had four children, three sons and one daughter.{{cite book | last = Kimber | first = Edward | authorlink = Edward Kimber | publisher = Thomas Wotton | editor = Richard Johnson | title = The Baronetage of England: Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the English Baronets | volume = II |year=1771 | location = London | pages = 469 }} His oldest son Charles succeeded to the baronetcy, and by a special remainder also succeeded his kinsman Charles Maynard, 1st Viscount Maynard as 2nd Viscount Maynard in 1775.{{cite book | last = Burke | first = John | title = A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire | publisher = Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley | location = London | volume = II | edition = 4th |year=1832 | pages = 155 }}