Robert Sawyer (Attorney General)
Sir Robert Sawyer, of Highclere Castle (1633–1692) was the Attorney General for England and Wales (1681–1687) and, briefly, Speaker of the English House of Commons.
Robert was a younger son of Sir Edmund Sawyer, of Heywood Lodge, at
Sawyer was elected
Sawyer settled at Highclere in Hampshire where he built the house that preceded the present Highclere Castle. He was elected to Parliament for Cambridge University in 1689 and 1690.
He died at Highclere on 30 July 1692 and was buried in the old church there. He had married Margaret Suckeley and had one daughter, Margaret Sawyer, who married Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke. Their descendants the Earls of Carnarvon eventually inherited Highclere Castle. He also had a son George, and through George's daughter Catherine was ancestor of the Marquess of Anglesey.
References
- ^ "Sawyer, Robert (SWR648R)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ History of Parliament Online - Sawyer Robert
External links
- Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. .