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Sir Thomas Berkeley
Born11 July 1575
Died22 November 1611
Noble familyBerkeley
Spouse(s)Elizabeth Carey
IssueGeorge Berkeley, 8th Baron Berkeley
FatherHenry Berkeley, 7th Baron Berkeley
MotherKatherine Howard

Sir Thomas Berkeley, KB (11 July 1575 – 22 November 1611) was the son and heir apparent of Henry Berkeley, 7th Baron Berkeley, and a Member of Parliament for Gloucestershire from 1604 until 1611.

Family[edit]

Thomas Berkeley was the son of Henry Berkeley, 7th Baron Berkeley (d. 26 November 1613), by his first wife, Katherine Howard (d. 7 April 1596), third daughter of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, and Frances de Vere, daughter of John de Vere, 15th Earl of Oxford, and Elizabeth Trussell.[1]

Career[edit]

Berkeley matriculatedatMagdalen College, Oxford, on 27 June 1590 at the age of 14. On 2 February 1589 he entered Gray's Inn. He was created a Knight of the Bath on 25 July 1603 at the coronation of King James I.[2] In 1604 he was elected Member of Parliament for Gloucestershire.[3]

Berkeley died on 22 November 1611 at the age of 37.[3]

Marriage and issue[edit]

Berkeley married Elizabeth Carey, daughter and sole heir of George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon,[3] and his wife, Elizabeth Spencer:

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Cokayne 1912, pp. 138–9.
  • ^ 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Bennell-Bloye', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp. 106-141. Date accessed: 30 October 2011
  • ^ a b c Williams 1898, p. 49.
  • ^ Broadway, Jan (2021). Wives of the Berkeleys. p. 64.
  • ^ Wives of the Berkeleys. p. 76.
  • ^ Cokayne 1912, pp. 138–40.
  • References[edit]

    Parliament of England
    Preceded by

    Sir Edward Wynter
    John Throckmorton

    Member of Parliament for Gloucestershire
    1604–1611
    With: Sir Richard Berkeley 1604
    John Throckmorton
    Succeeded by

    Sir William Cooke
    Richard Berkeley


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