The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Christopher Wandesford, 2nd Viscount Castlecomer (2 Mar 1684 - 23 Jun 1719)
Probably the Christopher Wandesford who signed Ralph Thoresby's visitor book in 1705. Thoresby added "Esq." after his name, presumably to distinguish him from his father, Baronet and 1st Viscount Castlecomer. Christopher succeeded to his father's titles on 15 September 1707. Before and after that, Christopher spent his early adulthood as a politician in Ireland. This might be why Thoresby also added "of ..." and could not supply a name. Wandesford returned home to represent Morpeth in 1710, and the Ripon, 1715-1719, as a member of the English Parliament. Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Wandesford,_1st_Viscount_Castlecomer Other biography: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/28663 VisitorRelevant locations: Member of parliament for Ripon, North Yorkshire
Title (royalty or holy order) Castlecomer, County Kilkenny
Relationships: Christopher Wandesford was a visitor to the collection of Ralph Thoresby (1658-1725)
Linked manuscript items: as Mentioned or referenced by - "[Guest Book to Thoresby's Museum]," Yorkshire Archaeological Society MS27, Leeds
References in Documents:
Ralph Thoresby's guestbook of visitors to his museum (Yorkshire Archaeological Society MS27)
Decem: 12-:
[*] Ovid,
Chris:Christopher Wandesfordof. . .
EsEsque Esquire
1705
Quæ/fecimus ipsi nos non non
vix ea nostra voco
Metamorphoses, XIII, 140-141: "The deeds that others than ourselves have done, I call those in no true sense our own"