Sir Edward Hungerford (born before 1532, died 1607) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the

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in 1601.

Biography

Edward Hungerford, born by 1532, was the son of

Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford of Heytesbury Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford of Heytesbury (1503 – 28 July 1540), was created Baron Hungerford of Heytesbury in 1536. Biography Walter Hungerford was born in 1503 at Heytesbury, Wiltshire, the only child of Sir Edward Hungerfor ...

and his second wife, Alice Sandys, the daughter of

William Sandys, 1st Baron Sandys William Sandys, 1st Baron Sandys (1470 – 4 December 1540), KG, of The Vyne in the parish of Sherborne St John, Hampshire, was an English diplomat and was a favourite of King Henry VIII, whom he served as Lord Chamberlain. In the 1520s he built ...

. He was a

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by May 1558. He was a J.P. for Wiltshire by 1583. From 1594 to 1595 he was

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. He was an extensive landowner when he succeeded to the estates of his half-brother Sir

Walter Hungerford (Knight of Farley) Sir Walter Hungerford, Knight of Farley (died December 1596) was an English landowner. In his lifetime he was popularly referred to as the "Knight of Farley" for his renowned sporting abilities. In his youth he recovered the lands forfeited by ...

in about 1596. In 1598 he became collector for the loan. He supplied a light horse for Ireland in 1600 and 1601. After the rebellion of the

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, he was given custody of his relative William, Lord Sandys. He was knighted in 1601, and elected

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for

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. In 1602, he purchased the manor of Corsham, and in 1604 was granted further manors in Berkshire, Cornwall, Somerset and Wiltshire which had formerly belonged to his father (whose lands had been forfeited along with his life when he was found guilty of being a traitor). Hungerford made his will on 1 December 1607, and died four days later.

Family

Hungerford married firstly, after 1574, Jane, daughter of

Anthony Hungerford of Down Ampney Sir Anthony Hungerford of Down Ampney, Gloucestershire (born by 1492, died 18 November 1558) was an English soldier, sheriff, and courtier during the reign of Henry VIII of England, and briefly Member of Parliament for Gloucestershire. Biography ...

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and widow of William Forster of

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; and secondly Cecily Tufton (d. 1653), daughter of

Sir John Tufton Sir John Tufton (died 1624) was an English landowner. Career and family He was the son of John Tufton and Mary Baker, a daughter of Sir John Baker. His family home was at Hothfield in Kent. He twice served as Sheriff of Kent, was knighted in 16 ...

, of

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, but died without issue. His widow married

Francis Manners, 6th Earl of Rutland Francis Manners, 6th Earl of Rutland, KG (1578–1632) was an English nobleman. Despite a brief imprisonment for his involvement in the Essex Rebellion of 1601, he became prominent at the court of James I. He lived at Belvoir Castle in Leices ...

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