[1][a] Charles Wheler was born around 1620, the only son of William Wheler, of Martin Husingtree, Worcestershire, and Nantwich, Cheshire, and his wife Eleanor (died 1 June 1678, aged 85), daughter of Edward Polkston, of Allington, county Denbigh, and Winifred, only sister of Sir Thomas Trevor (1586–1656).
[2] Wheler served as a major in a Royalist Horse (cavalry) regiment from very early in the Civil War until 1644 when he transferred to a regiment of foot in which he served until early in 1646 when he surrendered to Parliament and was allowed to go into exile.
[c] On the death without children on 5 February 1676, of his mother's first cousin, Sir Thomas Trevor, 1st Baronet, Sir Charles inherited his estate in Leamington Hastings, Warwickshire.
[d] He was succeeded by Sir William Wheler, 3rd Baronet (1654–1709 his eldest surviving son.
[5] On 7 August 1648, Charles Wheler married Dorothy (c. 1626 – 16 August 1684), daughter of Sir Francis Bindlosse, of Borwick-Hall, in Lancashire, and his second wife, Cecilia, daughter of Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr (died 1687).