Sir Bourchier Wrey, 4th Baronet

Sir Bourchier Wrey, 4th Baronet (1653–1696) of Tawstock Court in North Devon, was a Member of Parliament and a noted duellist.

He commanded a regiment of horse after the Restoration of the Monarchy in 1660, serving under James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth.

He was the eldest son and heir of Sir Chichester Wrey, 3rd Baronet (1628-1668), of Trebeigh in the parish of St Ive, Cornwall and of North Russell in the parish of Sourton, Devon, by his wife Lady Anne Bourchier, a daughter and coheiress of Edward Bourchier, 4th Earl of Bath (d.1636) of Tawstock Court in North Devon, and widow of Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex.

The Wreys had been seated for several generations at the manor of Trebigh, but by the marriage of Sir Chichester with Lady Anne Bourchier they inherited the manor of Tawstock, thenceforth the family seat (in which parish the present baronet still lives in 2015), and several other estates.

[2] In Hyde Park, Westminster, on 4 February 1691–92 he fought a duel with Thomas Bulkeley (d. 1708), MP for Beaumaris, in which of the six men engaged as principals and seconds five were MPs, as noted by Luttrell.