Sir John Wolstenholme, 3rd Baronet

Though this inheritance helped his financial situation, he was still in difficulties and was keen to recover nearly £10,000 in arrears owed by the crown from a patent granted to his father by Charles II as collector for the port of London.

He was returned again at the 1698 English general election and reported on a bill to improve river and harbour navigation in May 1698.

He voted for the Court candidate for Speaker on 25 October 1705, and supported the ministry over the 'place clause' in the regency bill on 18 February 1706.

He was returned unopposed as a Whig at the 1708 British general election and became involved in further efforts to recover money owed him from historical situations.

He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son Nicholas who was in such straitened circumstances by then that his estates were in the hands of trustees and in 1712 he was incarcerated in the Fleet Prison by his creditors.