James Ley, 3rd Earl of Marlborough
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James Ley, 3rd Earl of Marlborough (28 January 1618 – 3 June 1665) was a British
Member of Parliament. He was styled Lord Ley from 1629 to 1638.[1]
Life
He was the only son of
Heywood House which had been built by his grandfather, the 1st Earl; but he sold Heywood and most of the other properties in the next two years.[2]
Marlborough was General of Ordnance in the West for Charles I in 1643, during the English Civil War, and later in the year was appointed Admiral of the Royal fleet at Dartmouth.[1]
Through diligent study, Marlborough gained a reputation as an able mathematician and navigator. He founded an English colony in
St Croix
in 1645, which was, however, destroyed in 1650. He proposed to embark on another colonizing venture in 1649, which was apparently unsuccessful.
After the Restoration, in late 1661, he was given command of
Anjadip Island
and return home with his ships.
He was in 1664 nominated as the next
Governor of Jamaica but was shortly afterwards given command of the 70-gun second-rate Old James and was killed in 1665 at the Battle of Lowestoft
while attempting to recover a captured ship.
He was succeeded by his uncle William.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Doyle, James William Edmund (1886). The Official Baronage of England, v. 2. London: Longmans, Green. p. 476.
- ^ "Westbury: Manors". A History of the County of Wiltshire, Volume 8. Victoria County History. University of London. 1965. pp. 148–163. Retrieved 16 September 2022 – via British History Online.
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