Richard Onslow (Solicitor General)
Richard Onslow (1528 – 2 April 1571) was a 16th-century English lawyer and politician who served as Solicitor General from 1566 to 1569 and Speaker of the House of Commons of England. (He was the first of two Richard Onslows and three Onslows to be elected Speaker.) He was born in Shrewsbury, a younger son of Roger Onslow and his first wife Margaret Poyner.[1]
Onslow entered the
In 1566 he was appointed
Onslow may have been the author of Arguments Related to the Sea Landes and Salt Shores.
He married Catherine Harding, by whom he had two sons and five daughters, including Edward, ancestor of the Earls of Onslow, and Cicely, who married Sir Humphrey Winch.
Onslow died from 'pestilential fever' at Harnage near Shrewsbury, after visiting a relative in the town, in April 1571 and was buried in the then St Chad's Church in Shrewsbury where a tomb monument was erected, that was restored in 1742 by his descendant, Arthur Onslow, himself a past Speaker. After the fall of the church in 1788, the monument was moved to the Abbey Church in Shrewsbury, where it remains.[1]
References
- ^ a b c [1] History of Parliament member article by P.W. Hasler.
- ^ "Steyning. History of Parliament". Retrieved 27 September 2011.
- ^ "Aldborough. History of Parliament". Retrieved 27 September 2011.
- Concise Dictionary of National Biography
- J E Neale, The Elizabethan House of Commons (London: Jonathan Cape, 1949)
- J E Neale, Elizabeth I and her Parliaments, 1559–1581 (London: Jonathan Cape, 1953)
External links
- Onslow, Richard (1527/8–1571), History of Parliament Retrieved 24 March 2013.