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William Gawdy
Sir William Gawdy, 1st Baronet (24 September 1612 – 18 August 1669) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1661 to 1669.
William Gawdy was the son of Framlingham Gawdy of West Harling, Norfolk (who had himself been MP for Thetford) and his wife Lettice Knollys daughter of Sir Robert Knollys. He was educated at Bury St Edmunds and was admitted at Caius College, Cambridge on 30 April 1629 aged 17. He was awarded BA in 1632 and was admitted at
John Gawdy
Sir John Gawdy, 2nd Baronet (4 October 1639 –1699) was a Norfolk baronet and portrait miniaturist.
John Gawdy was son to Sir William Gawdy (24 September 1612 – 18 August 1669), created 1st Baronet in 1663, of West Harling, Norfolk, and his wife Elizabeth, née Duffield (died 1653), daughter to John Duffield of East Wretham. He succeeded to the baronetcy in 1669 upon the death of his father. His elder brother Bassingbourne had died of smallpox in 1660.