Sir George Fleetwood (1564 – 21 December 1620) was an English politician who sat in the

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at various times between 1586 and 1611. Chalfont St Giles, The Vache - geograph

Fleetwood was a younger son of Thomas Fleetwood of

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, Buckinghamshire, and his second wife, Bridget Spring, daughter of Sir John Spring of Lavenham, Suffolk. He was educated at

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and was at

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in 1580. He inherited the Vache estate in Buckinghamshire from his father. In 1586, he was elected

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for Wycombe. He was a J.P. for Buckinghamshire from about 1586 and

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for 1590–91. He was a gentleman pensioner from 1597 until his death. He was knighted in 1603 and in 1604 elected MP for

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. History of Parliament Online - George Fleetwood
/ref> Fleetwood married Katherine Denny, daughter of Henry Denny, dean of Chester, and his wife Honora Grey, daughter of

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and Lady Mary Somerset on 19 April 1586. According to the

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, she was "the relative and probably ward of

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", spymaster to Queen Elizabeth. They had eight sons and six daughters. He was the brother of Henry Fleetwood and William Fleetwood. His seventh son was

James Fleetwood James Fleetwood (baptised 25 April 1603, Chalfont St Giles; died 17 July 1683, Hartlebury Castle) was an English clergyman and Bishop of Worcester. Life He was descended from the old Lancashire family of Fleetwood and was the seventh son of Sir ...

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. Via his son Charles (died 1628) he had a grandson named after him, George Fleetwood (1623–1672), who was an English major-general and one of the regicides of King Charles I of England.David Plan
George Fleetwood, Regicide, bap.1623
the British Civil Wars and Commonwealth website

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fleetwood, George 1564 births 1620 deaths Members of the Middle Temple High Sheriffs of Buckinghamshire English MPs 1586–1587 English MPs 1604–1611 Knights Bachelor Members of the Parliament of England for Tavistock English justices of the peace