He was the son of Sir John Wolstenholme, 3rd Baronet, a member of Parliament for Middlesex.
[2] He was heavily in debt for much of his adult life: his estate was in the hands of trustees, and he was incarcerated in the Fleet Prison.
After his death, she remarried William Ferdinand Cary, 8th Baron Hundson.
[citation needed] The Wolstenholme family originally acquired wealth and social position in Middlesex through service in the customs office.
[3] In 1716, the 4th baronet sold part of the Minchington estate to Sir David Hechstetter.