Alexander Chocke (1594–1625) of

Shalbourne Shalbourne is a village and civil parish in the English county of Wiltshire, about southwest of Hungerford, Berkshire. The parish has a number of widely spaced small settlements including Bagshot and Stype, to the north, and Rivar and Oxenwood t ...

, Wiltshire and late of Hungerford Park, Berkshire, was an English politician who sat in the

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from 1621 to 1622. Chocke was of Somerset. He matriculated at

Queen's College, Oxford The Queen's College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford, England. The college was founded in 1341 by Robert de Eglesfield in honour of Philippa of Hainault. It is distinguished by its predominantly neoclassical architecture, ...

on 19 May 1609 aged 15. In 1621, he was elected

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for Ludgershall.

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* 1590s births 1625 deaths English MPs 1621–1622 Alumni of The Queen's College, Oxford People from Shalbourne People from Hungerford {{17thC-England-MP-stub