Charles Berkeley, 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge

Charles Berkeley, 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge

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.

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Parliament of England
Preceded by
Sir Robert Phelips
Sir Francis Hastings
Member of Parliament for Somerset
1621-1622
With: Robert Hopton
Succeeded by
John Sims
Sir Robert Phelips
Preceded by
Sir John Trevor
James Bagg
Member of Parliament for Bodmin
1624
With: Thomas Stafford
Succeeded by
Robert Caesar
Henry Jermyn, 1st Earl of St Albans
Preceded by
Sir John Saye
Sir Henry Mildmay
Member of Parliament for Heytesbury
1625-1629
With: Edward Bysshe 1625
William Blake 1626
William Rolfe 1628-1629
Succeeded by
Parliament suspended until 1640
Preceded by
Parliament suspended since 1629
Member of Parliament for Bath
1640
With: Alexander Popham
Succeeded by
William Bassett
Alexander Popham
Preceded by
Thomas Moore
John Joliffe
Member of Parliament for Heytesbury
1661-1668
With: John Joliffe
Succeeded by
John Joliffe
William Ashe

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