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Richard Berkeley b. about 1531 d. 1605
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| Lineage | Berkeley |
| Sex | Male |
| Full name (at birth) | Richard Berkeley |
| Other given names | of Stoke Giffard |
| Parents
♂ John Berkeley [Berkeley] b. about 1510 d. 1546 | |
| Wiki-page | wikipedia:en:Richard_Berkeley_(1531–1604) |
Events
about 1531 birth:
child birth: ♀ Mary Berkeley [Berkeley] d. 1629
marriage: ♀ Elizabeth Anne Reade [Reade]
1605 death:
Notes
Sir Richard Berkeley(1531-1604) of Stoke Gifford, Gloucestershire was MP for Gloucestershire in 1604. He had previously served as Sheriff of Gloucestershire in 1564, and as Deputy Lieutenant of Gloucestershire. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth I in 1568.[1] In 1595 he was appointed Lieutenant of the Tower of London. In 1599 he was appointed custodian of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex(d.1601), who was kept under house arrest at Essex House[2] in London. He died in 1604, whilst serving as MP, and was buried in The Gaunts Chapel, Bristol, where exists an effigy of him, which chapel had been founded in 1220 by Maurice de Gaunt(d.1230), a member of the Berkeley family.
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