David Walter (17th century)

David Walter (died 1679) was a British Cavalier who served as Lieutenant General of the Ordnance under Charles II of England. Walter was the third son of the judge Sir John Walter.

In 1636, Walter inherited Wolvercote upon the death of his stepmother.[1] He married Elizabeth, the daughter of Paul Bayning, 2nd Viscount Bayning, but had no children.[2] He was Elizabeth's second husband.[3]

  1. ^ Baggs, A P; Blair, W J; Chance, Eleanor; Colvin, Christina; Cooper, Janet; Day, C J; Selwyn, Nesta; Townley, S C (1990). "Wolvercote: Manors and other estates". In Crossley, Alan; Elrington, C R (eds.). A History of the County of Oxford. Vol. 12, Wootton Hundred (southern) including Woodstock. London: Victoria County History. pp. 313–314.
  2. ^ Burke, John Bernard (1838). "A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies of England, by J. And J.B. Burke".
  3. ^ Banks, Thomas Christopher (1809). The Dormant and Extinct Baronage of England: Or, An Historical and Genealogical Account of the Lives, Public Emploiments, and Most Memorable Actions, of the English Nobility who Have Flourished from the Norman Conquest to the Year 1806: Deduced from Public Records, Ancient Historians, the Works of Eminent Heralds, and from Other Celebrated and Approved Authorities. London: T. Bensley. p. 52.