Sir Paul Whichcote, 2nd Baronet

Sir Paul Whichcote, 2nd Baronet (1643–1721), was a fellow of the Royal Society and the owner of the Manor of Totteridge in Hertfordshire.

Paul Whichcote was born in 1643, the eldest son of Sir Jeremy Whichcote, 1st Baronet (c. 1614–1677), barrister-at-law and Solicitor-General to the Frederick V of the Palatinate,[1][2] and Anne (died August 1714),[3] eldest daughter and heir of Joseph Grave.

Whichcote was made a fellow of The Royal Society in 1674 and received his Master of Arts degree from Cambridge University in 1701.

[4] Whichcote married Jane, daughter and heir of Sir Nicholas Gould, 1st Baronet, on 14 June 1677,[4] and had several children.

[1] By 1700, Whichcote was lord of the manor of Totteridge which he acquired from Sir Francis Pemberton and Isaac Foxcroft.