Edward Hungerford (died 1648)
English politician (1596–1648)
Sir Edward Hungerford (1596–1648) of Corsham, Wiltshire and of Farleigh Castle in Wiltshire (now Somerset), Member of Parliament, was a landowner and a Parliamentarian commander during the English Civil War. He occupied and plundered Salisbury in 1643, and took Wardour and Farleigh castles.
Origins and education
Hungerford was the eldest son of Sir Anthony Hungerford (1564–1627) of Stock, Wiltshire and Black Bourton, Oxfordshire by his first wife Lucy Hungerford, a daughter of Sir Walter Hungerford (died c. 1596) of Farleigh Castle.
He was educated at Queen's College, Oxford from the age of 12, and admitted to the Middle Temple in 1613.
Career
In 1614 he was elected Member of Parliament for Wootton Bassett in the Addled Parliament. He was elected as M.P. for Chippenham in 1621 and for Wiltshire in 1624. He was a Deputy Lieutenant for Wiltshire from 1624 to 1643. In 1625 he was created a Knight of the Bath. He was elected MP for Cricklade in 1628 and sat until 1629 when King Charles I decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.
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