Sir John Mainwaring, 2nd Baronet was laid to rest at Over Peover. He had married Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Roger Whitley of Peel, Cheshire and had several sons and daughters. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest surviving son Thomas. Sir John Mainwaring, 2nd Baronet Sir John Mainwaring, 2nd Baronet (8 May 1656 – 4 November 1702) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1689 to 1702. Mainwaring was the son of Sir Thomas Mainwaring, 1st Baronet of Peover Hall and his wife Mary Delves, daughter of Sir Henry Delves, 2nd Baronet, of Dodington. Mainwaring succeeded to the
Captain Mainwaring of fighting unit. Mainwaring has no combat experience, which causes tension with the other members of the Home Guard, particularly Wilson, who was a decorated Captain in the Royal Artillery (Mons, Gallipoli) during the First World War. Mainwaring did, however, serve in the Army of Occupation in France, "during the whole of 1919 — somebody had to clear up the mess.". He volunteered to enlist in 1914 but was rejected with poor eyesight. (During the Second World War, John Le Mesurier, who played Wilson, had been a captain while Arthur Lowe was a Sergeant Major. Lowe tried to enlist in