Background
Wenman was the eldest son of Sir Thomas (or Richard according to Burke ) Wenman (died 1577) of Thame Park, Oxfordshire, and his wife Jane West, daughter of William West, 1st Baron De Louisiana Warr.
Wenman was the eldest son of Sir Thomas (or Richard according to Burke ) Wenman (died 1577) of Thame Park, Oxfordshire, and his wife Jane West, daughter of William West, 1st Baron De Louisiana Warr.
He was created Viscount Wenman in the Peerage of Ireland in 1628. He matriculated at Oxford University on 8 December 1587 as "Mr. Case"s scholar."
Wenman served as a volunteer soldier and behaved with great gallantry when Cadiz was captured in 1596.
He was knighted by Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex at Cadiz.
In 1627 he was High Sheriff of Oxfordshire. He was created Baron Wenman of Kilmainham, company
Meath, and Viscount Wenman of Tuam by letters patent, dated 30 July 1628. Wenman was a patron of the poet William Basse, who dedicated several poems to him, including his collection Clio, describing him as a modern Maecenas,
Never Maecenas bred more nobly true:
And O what virtue more, than life to give
To verse, whereby all other virtues live? Wenman died on 3 April 1640, and was buried at Twyford on 7 April.
Wenman married four times.
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Wenman was elected Member of Parliament for Oxfordshire on 20 December 1620, and was elected again in 1625.