- Charles Berkeley, 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge
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Charles Berkeley, 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge (1599 - 12 June 1668) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1621 and 1668.
Berkeley was the son of Sir Maurice Berkeley of Bruton, Somerset. He matriculated at Queen's College, Oxford on 3 November 1615 aged 15. He was knighted in 1623.[1]
In 1621 Berkeley was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Somerset. He was elected MP for Bodmin in 1624 and for Heytesbury in 1625, 1626 and 1628. He sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.[2]
In April 1640, Berkeley was elected MP for Bath in the Short Parliament.[2]
Following the Restoration, Berkeley was elected MP for Heytesbury in 1661 for the Cavalier Parliament and sat until his death.[3] Before his death he succeeded, by special remainder to the title Viscount Fitzhardinge on the death of his son Charles who was killed in a naval engagement with the Dutch on 3 June 1665.[1]
Berkeley married Penelope Godolphin. He was succeeded by his son Charles Berkeley, 1st Earl of Falmouth.
References
- ^ a b Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Bennell-Bloye, Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp. 106-141. Date accessed: 18 February 2011
- ^ a b Browne Willis Notitia parliamentaria, or, An history of the counties, cities, and boroughs in England and Wales: ... The whole extracted from mss. and printed evidences 1750 pp229-239
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 3)
Parliament of England Preceded by
Sir Robert Phelips
Sir Francis HastingsMember of Parliament for Somerset
1621-1622
With: Robert HoptonSucceeded by
John Sims
Sir Robert PhelipsPreceded by
Sir John Trevor
James BaggMember of Parliament for Bodmin
1624
With: Thomas StaffordSucceeded by
Robert Caesar
Henry Jermyn, 1st Earl of St AlbansPreceded by
Sir John Saye
Sir Henry MildmayMember of Parliament for Heytesbury
1625-1629
With: Edward Bysshe 1625
William Blake 1626
William Rolfe 1628-1629Succeeded by
Parliament suspended until 1640Preceded by
Parliament suspended since 1629Member of Parliament for Bath
1640
With: Alexander PophamSucceeded by
William Bassett
Alexander PophamPreceded by
Thomas Moore
John JoliffeMember of Parliament for Heytesbury
1661-1668
With: John JoliffeSucceeded by
John Joliffe
William AsheCategories:- 1599 births
- 1668 deaths
- Members of the pre-1707 Parliament of England
- Viscounts in the Peerage of Ireland
- Berkeley family
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