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 the Merchant Navy prior to the Second World War but was also rejected with poor eyesight.) Despite his shortcomings as a leader, Mainwaring considers himself an excellent military tactician. His height and background are frequently mocked as indicating a Napoleon Complex and often referred to by his nemesis, ARP Warden Hodges. In one episode, "A Soldier's Farewell", Mainwaring dreams he is Napoleon Bonaparte and is thwarted at the Battle of Waterloo by a Duke of Wellington resembling Wilson. His pomposity and conviction of his prowess mean that Mainwaring yearns to be in control of any situation and he behaves in