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'''Edward Radclyffe, 6th Earl of Sussex''' (c. 1559 – August 1643) was an English politician who sat in the [[House of Commons of England|House of Commons]] between 1586 and 1611 and later succeeded to a [[peerage]]. |
'''Edward Radclyffe, 6th Earl of Sussex''' (c. 1559 – August 1643) was an English politician who sat in the [[House of Commons of England|House of Commons]] between 1586 and 1611 and later succeeded to a [[peerage]]. |
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Radclyffe was the son of Sir Humphrey Radclyffe and his wife Isabel Harvey and grandson of the 1st Earl and [[Elizabeth Stafford, Countess of Sussex|Elizabeth Stafford]]. In 1586 he was elected [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Petersfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Petersfield]]. He was elected MP for [[Bedfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Bedfordshire]] in 1588 and for [[Portsmouth (UK Parliament constituency)|Portsmouth]] in 1593. He was elected MP for Bedfordshire again in 1597, 1601 and 1604.<ref name=HOP>[http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/radcliffe-edward-1643 History of Parliament Online - Edward Radcliffe]</ref> |
Radclyffe was the son of Sir Humphrey Radclyffe and his wife Isabel Harvey and grandson of the 1st Earl and [[Elizabeth Stafford, Countess of Sussex|Elizabeth Stafford]]. In 1586 he was elected [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Petersfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Petersfield]]. He was elected MP for [[Bedfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Bedfordshire]] in 1588 and for [[Portsmouth (UK Parliament constituency)|Portsmouth]] in 1593. He was elected MP for Bedfordshire again in 1597, 1601 and 1604.<ref name=HOP>[http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/radcliffe-edward-1643 History of Parliament Online - Edward Radcliffe]</ref> He was appointed [[High Sheriff of Bedfordshire|Sheriff of Bedfordshire]] in 1598.<ref name = HOP/> |
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Radclyffe inherited the [[Earldom of Sussex|earldom]] from [[Robert Radclyffe, 5th Earl of Sussex]] in 1629. |
Radclyffe was knighted around 1594 and inherited the [[Earldom of Sussex|earldom]] from his cousin [[Robert Radclyffe, 5th Earl of Sussex]] in 1629. |
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Radclyffe had married three times:firstly Elizabeth Petre, the daughter of Sir William Petre of Ingatestone, Essex and widow of John Gostwick of Willington,secondly Jane, daughter of Francis Hynde of Madingley, Cambridgeshire and widowof John Catesby of Newnham in Goldington, and thirdly Eleanor, the daughter of Sir Richard Wortley of Wortley, Yorkshire and the widow of Sir Henry Lee, Bt., of Quarrendon, Buckinghamshire. He died impoverished, intestate and childless. The earldom became extinct.<ref name = HOP/> |
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Radclyffe married Elizabeth Petre on 28 February 1581. |
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Revision as of 00:25, 15 April 2012
Edward Radclyffe, 6th Earl of Sussex (c. 1559 – August 1643) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1586 and 1611 and later succeeded to a peerage.
Radclyffe was the son of Sir Humphrey Radclyffe and his wife Isabel Harvey and grandson of the 1st Earl and
Radclyffe was knighted around 1594 and inherited the
Radclyffe had married three times:firstly Elizabeth Petre, the daughter of Sir William Petre of Ingatestone, Essex and widow of John Gostwick of Willington,secondly Jane, daughter of Francis Hynde of Madingley, Cambridgeshire and widowof John Catesby of Newnham in Goldington, and thirdly Eleanor, the daughter of Sir Richard Wortley of Wortley, Yorkshire and the widow of Sir Henry Lee, Bt., of Quarrendon, Buckinghamshire. He died impoverished, intestate and childless. The earldom became extinct.[1]
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