Rowland Berkeley (died 1805)
Rowland Berkeley may refer to: *Rowland Berkeley (died 1611) (1548–1611), English politician *Rowland Berkeley (died 1696) (1613–1696), English politician *Rowland Hill Berkeley Rowland Hill Berkeley, J.P. (1849-1905) was an English grocery merchant, factory owner and Liberal Unionist politician, who served as Lord Mayor of Birmingham, dying in office. Life Berkeley was born in late 1849 in Handsworth (then a villag ...

Rowland Berkeley (died 1611)
Rowland Berkeley (about 1548 – 1 June 1611) of Worcester, England, Worcester and Spetchley was an English cloth merchant, clothier and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England, House of Commons at various times between 1593 and 1611. Berkeley was the eighth son of William Berkeley, mayor and MP for Hereford, great-nephew of William de Berkeley, 1st Marquess of Berkeley, William, 1st Marquess of Berkeley. Worcester and Spetchley Rowland Berkeley became a successful clothier at Worcester. He bought Spetchley Park from Philip Sheldon. He was bailiff of Worcester in 1585 and 1587. He was appointed first master of the Clothers Company of Worcester under the Clothers Charter of 23 September 1590. After his death his eldest son acquired extensive property in Cotheridge. House of Commons In 1593, he was elected Member of Parliament for Worcester (UK Parliament constituency), Worcester. He was re-elected MP for Worcester in 1597 and 1601. In 1605 he was elected MP for Wo ...
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Rowland Berkeley (died 1696)
Rowland Berkeley (1613–1696) of Cotheridge Worcestershire, was an English politician, only son of William Berkeley (1582–1658) of Cotheridge and his wife Margaret, daughter of Thomas Chettle of Worcester. Rowland's father, William, was eldest son and heir to Rowland Berkeley of Spetchley, Worcester clothier and politician. He was knighted by Charles I at Whitehall 30 June 1641. Royalist Sir Rowland was one of the Commissioners of Array appointed to call out the Militia in June 1642. The muster rolls were kept at Cotheridge.Edith Ophelia Browne & John Richard Burton (editors) ''Short biographies of the Worthies of Worcestershire'' 1916 E. G. Humphreys, College Street, Worcester He was appointed High Sheriff of Worcestershire for 1644–45. He seems to have taken over Cotheridge long before his father died in 1658. Immediately after the Siege of Worcester on 23 July 1646 he had obtained a written pass of safety to his home, Cotheridge, on taking an oath to not ...
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