Background
Oxenden was the son of George Oxenden Doctor of Laws master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge and his wife Elizabeth Dixwell daughter of Sir Basil Dixwell Baronet
Oxenden was the son of George Oxenden Doctor of Laws master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge and his wife Elizabeth Dixwell daughter of Sir Basil Dixwell Baronet
He was a Lord of the Admiralty and a Lord of the Treasury. As a condition of the inheritance he was required to take on the surname of Dixwell, but although he procured an Acting of Parliament in 1751, to this effect, it"s not clear if he took the surname on in practice. Oxenden died aged 80.
Oxenden married Elizabeth Dunch, daughter of Edmund Dunch of Little Wittenham then in Berkshire.
They had one son Henry who succeeded in the baronetcy.
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Oxenden was elected Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Sandwich on 9 May 1720 and held the seat until 1754.