Background
Wandesford was the son and heir of Sir Christopher Wandesford, 1st Baronet of Kirklington, Yorkshire, by his wife Eleanor Lowther, daughter of Sir John Lowther, 1st Baronet.
Wandesford was the son and heir of Sir Christopher Wandesford, 1st Baronet of Kirklington, Yorkshire, by his wife Eleanor Lowther, daughter of Sir John Lowther, 1st Baronet.
He was educated at the University of Cambridge.
He succeeded to his father"s baronetcy in February 1687. He was High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1689 and 1690. However, following the defeat of the Jacobite army in Ireland, he was richly rewarded by William III. He subsequently served as the Member of Parliament for Street Canice in Ireland between 1692 and 1706, when he was raised to the peerage.
He was elevated to the peerage when he was created Viscount Castlecomer and Baron Wandesford in the Peerage of Ireland on 15 March 1706.
He died in September the following year.
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Wandesford held the office of Member of Parliament for Ripon between 1679 and 1681. He became a member of the Privy Council of Ireland on 10 May 1695.