Sir William Wrey, 2nd Baronet of Trebeigh, Street Ive, Cornwall and North Russell, Sourton, Devon, was Member of Parliament for Liskeard, Cornwall in 1624.
Background
He was the only son of Sir William Wrey, 1st Baronet (d1636) of Trebeigh, Street Ive, Cornwall and North Russell, Sourton, High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1598, by his wife Elizabeth Courtenay, a daughter of Sir William V Courtenay (1553–1630) of Powderham in Devon (by his wife Elizabeth Manners, daughter of Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland (1526-1563)).
Career
He inherited on his father"s death an estate of over 6,000 acres including four manors in Cornwall and a share in four others William Wrey was Member of Parliament for Liskeard, Cornwall, in 1624. He was knighted before March 1634 and in 1636 he succeeded his father as 2nd Baronet.
At the start of the Civil War he was a Royalist and in 1642 was appointed a Commissioner of Array in Cornwall, responsible for raising local militia troops for the King"s army.
Wrey died in August 1645.