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WINFREY, Sir Richard
1858 - 1944 (85 years) Has 9 ancestors and 4 descendants in this family tree.
1828 - 1917 (90 years)-
Name WINFREY, Richard Title Sir Birth 5 Aug 1858 Long Sutton, Lincolnshire, England 
Gender Male Death 18 Apr 1944 Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England Person ID I5061 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Father WINFREY, Richard Francis, b. 1825, Long Sutton, Lincolnshire, England d. 23 May 1894, Long Sutton, Lincolnshire, England (Age 69 years) Relationship natural Mother WRIGHT, Elizabeth, b. Between 1827 and 1828, Claxby, Lincolnshire, England d. 31 Oct 1917, Long Sutton, Lincolnshire, England (Age 90 years) Relationship natural Marriage 29 Jun 1857 Sutton St. Nicholas, Lincolnshire, England Family ID F1052 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family PATTINSON, Annie Lucy, b. 1866, Ruskington, Lincolnshire, England d. 1951, Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England (Age 85 years) Marriage 23 Mar 1897 Ruskington, Lincolnshire, England Children 1. WINFREY, Ellen Pattinson, b. 8 Sep 1898, Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England d. 1989, Peterborough Registration District, Northamptonshire (Age 90 years)2. WINFREY, Annie Lucy Pattinson, b. 23 Dec 1900, Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England d. 1982, Norwich Outer Registration District, Norfolk (Age 81 years)3. WINFREY, Richard Pattinson, b. 24 Jun 1902, Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England d. 19 Sep 1985, Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England (Age 83 years)4. WINFREY, Ruth Pattinson, b. 14 Sep 1906, Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England d. 1994, North Walsham Registration District, Norfolk (Age 87 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F2102 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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SIR RICHARD WINFREY M.P. 1858-1944
The 1861 census of 10 High Street, Sutton St. Mary, Lincolnshire:
Richard WINFREY, head, aged 36, relieving officer, born at Long Sutton, Lincolnshire;
Elizabeth WINFREY, wife, aged 34, born at Claxby, Lincolnshire;
*Richard WINFREY, son, aged 3, born at Long Sutton, Lincolnshire;
Frank Cooper WINFREY, son, aged 14 months, born at Long Sutton, Lincolnshire;
Alice CROKER, servant, aged 19, house servant, born at Sutton St. James, Lincolnshire.
(RG9/2327/95/2)
The 1871 census of 29 High Street, Long Sutton, Lincolnshire:
Richard F. WINFREY, head, aged 46, relieving officer, born at Long Sutton;
Elizabeth WINFREY, wife, aged 42, born at Claxby, Lincolnshire;
*Richard WINFREY, son, aged 13, scholar, born at Long Sutton;
Frank C. WINFREY, son, aged 11, scholar, born at Long Sutton;
Ann WINFREY, daughter, aged 8, scholar, born at Long Sutton;
Susan E. WINFREY, daughter, aged 7, scholar, born at Long Sutton;
Lousia (sic) SOLOMON, servant, aged 18, domestic servant, born at Spalding, Lincolnshire.
(RG10/3328/24/8)
From the 1881 census of London Road, Long Sutton, Lincolnshire:
Richard Francis WINFREY, head, aged 55, farmer of 50 acres employing 3 men, born at Long Sutton;
Elizabeth WINFREY, wife, aged 52, born at Claxby, Lincolnshire;
*Richard WINFREY, son, aged 22, pharmaceutical chemist, born at Long Sutton;
Ann WINFREY, daughter, aged 18, born at Long Sutton;
Susan Ellen WINFREY, daughter, aged 17, born at Long Sutton;
Mary NAYLOR, visitor, aged 17, born at Long Sutton;
Fanny NAYLOR, visitor, aged 15, born at Long Sutton;
Susan MUDD, servant, aged 19, domestic servant, born at Gedney, Lincolnshire.
(RG11/3208/120/26)
From the 1891 census of London Road, Sutton St. Mary, Lincolnshire:
Richard Francis WINFREY, head, aged 65, farmer, born at Long Sutton, Lincolnshire;
Elizabeth WINFREY, wife, aged 63, born at Claxby, Lincolnshire;
*Richard WINFREY, son, aged 33, journalist, born at Long Sutton;
Ann WINFREY, daughter, aged 28, born at Long Sutton;
Frank Cooper WINFREY, son, aged 31, draper (master), born at Long Sutton;
Annie WINFREY, daughter-in-law, aged 33, born at Thorp Bywater, Rutland;
Emma GEE, sister, aged 61, born at Long Sutton;
Dorothy VANSTONE, visitor, aged 32, born at Bath, Somerset;
Mary Jane THOMAS, visitor, aged 33, born at Aberdare;
Charlotte TYE, servant, aged 26, domestic servant, born at Fosdike, Lincolnshire.
(RG12/2567/97/22)
Richard WINFREY married Annie Lucy MILLHOUSE née PATTINSON on 23 March 1897.
(GRO March Q 1897 Sleaford 7a 597)
From the 1901 census of Aldermans Drive, Peterborough:
*Richard WINFREY, head, aged 42, newspaper proprietor, born at Long Sutton, Lincolnshire;
Annie L. WINFREY, wife, aged 35, born at Ruskington, Lincolnshire;
Ellen P. WINFREY, daughter, aged 2, born at Peterborough, Northamptonshire;
Annie L. P. WINFREY, aged 6 months, born at Peterborough, Northamptonshire;
Florence H. HEMMING, servant, aged 26, domestic sick nurse, born at Denford, Northamptonshire;
Gertrude E. GUYMER, servant, aged 21, domestic cook, born at Clenchwarton, Norfolk;
Sarah E. HARRIS, servant, aged 22, housemaid, born at Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire.
(RG13/1463/96/8)
NOTES & QUERIES:
Sir Richard WINFREY's entry in Who's Who:
Winfrey of Castor House LG 1952
Winfrey, Sir Richard KT CR 1914
JP Borns Linc. 5/8/1858 son of the late R F Winfrey of Long Sutton, Lincs.
M1897 Annie Lucy Daughter of William Patterson, Ruskinton, Lincs
Town councillor, MP (co.L.) SW Norfolk 1906-1923,
Gainsborough division, 1923-1924
Parliamentary secretary to Earl Carrington, 1906-1910,
Parliamentary to board of agriculture 1916-1918
Chairman of Lincolnshire Smallholdings Association ltd
Contested SW Norfolk 1895-1900
Address Castor House, Nr Peterborough
Clubs:-Reform, National, Liberal
Died 18/4/1944
(revised 29.01.2012)