Robert Berkeley (MP for Chippenham)
Appearance
Robert Berkeley (1566–1614), of Pattenden, Kent, was an English politician.
Life
[edit]He was the son of Sir Maurice Berkeley of Bruton, Somerset by his second marriage to Elizabeth Sands.[1] He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Chippenham in 1601.[1]
He married Elizabeth Lougher, whose father was a civil lawyer and had at least four sons and two daughters.[2] He died in 1614[1] and was buried in Canterbury cathedral.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "BERKELEY, Robert (1566-1614), of Pattenden, Kent. | History of Parliament Online".
- ^ a b Smyth, John (1883). The Berkeley manuscripts. The lives of the Berkeleys. Vol. 1. Gloucester, Printed by J. Bellows. pp. 266–7.