John Meller
Sir John Meller (c.1588 – 1649/50)) of Bridehead House, Little Bredy, Dorset was an English politician who sat in the
Royalist cause in the English Civil War
.
Meller was the eldest son of Sir Robert Meller of
Caius College, Cambridge on 15 March 1603 aged 15. He was admitted at Inner Temple on 15 May 1606.[2] He was knighted on 6 May 1625.[3]
In 1628 Meller was elected
Member of Parliament for Bridport in the Short Parliament.[4] He supported the King in the Civil War and compounded for £693.[2] He was appointed High Sheriff of Dorset for 1630–31 and High Sheriff of Oxfordshire for 1633–34.[5]
Meller married Mary Swinnerton daughter of John Swinnerton, Lord Mayor of London in 1612, with whom he had 3 sons and at least 5 daughters.[1]
References
- ^ a b The gentleman's magazine, and historical chronicle, Volume 99, Part 1
- ^ a b "Meller, John (MLR602J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Knights of England
- ^ Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 229–239.
- ^ "MELLER (MILLER), Sir John (c.1588-1649/50), of Little Bredy, Dorset and Aldermanbury, London; later of King Street, Covent Garden, Westminster". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 29 May 2013.