Sir Joseph Mawbey, Bart. (1730 – 1798)

Joseph Mawbey was born on 2 December 1730, the fourth son and youngest child of John Mawbey and his first wife Martha Pratt. He came to Surrey with his uncle, Joseph Pratt, the owner of a distillery at Vauxhall.  Joseph joined the business aged 17.

Joseph Pratt died in 1754 and Mawbey inherited a large fortune and property in Surrey. He was very active in public life. He became the High Sheriff of Surrey in 1757, spent many years as chairman of the Quarter Sessions for Surrey, and was a Member of Parliament.

In August 1760 Joseph Mawbey married Elizabeth, the only surviving daughter of his cousin, Richard Pratt of Vauxhall. He bought the manor of Botleys in the countryside of Chertsey, Surrey in 1763, replacing the existing house with the classical Palladian-style mansion of Botleys that stands today.

Mawbey was made a baronet on 30^th July 1765. His wife Elizabeth died at Botleys, 19 August 1790, having had nine children. Mawbey died at Botleys, 16 June 1798, and was buried in the family vault in the chancel of St Peter’s Church in Chertsey.

The mansion is no longer a family home but a venue for elegant country weddings: Botleys Mansion