George Rotheram (1541-1599) was a Member of Parliament for Bedfordshire. The son of Thomas Rotheram and Alice Wellesford or Wilsford. He lived at

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Luton Luton () is a town and unitary authority with borough status, in Bedfordshire, England. At the 2011 census, the Luton built-up area subdivision had a population of 211,228 and its built-up area, including the adjacent towns of Dunstable an ...

, Rotheram married Jane Smith, daughter of Christopher Smith, MP of Annables, Hertfordshire. His second wife was Elizabeth Barnes, daughter of London mercer, Richard Barnes. In 1597, he tried to acquire the title of the barony of

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, but failed. He had a family tree drawn up by

William Dethick Sir William Dethick (c. 1542–1612) was a long-serving officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. He was the son of Sir Gilbert Dethick and followed his father as Garter Principal King of Arms. Though he was adjudged a qualified armori ...

to support his claim. Another branch of the family lived at

Farley Hill, Luton Farley Hill is a suburb of south Luton, Bedfordshire, England. The area is roughly bounded by the Dallow Downs to the north and north-east, Stockwood Park to the south, the M1 motorway to the west, and Wilsden Avenue and Bolingbroke Road to the ...

, where

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stayed with Sir John Rotherham on 26 July 1605.John Nichols, ''The Progresses, Processions, and Magnificent Festivities of King James The First'', vol. 1 (London, 1828), p. 519. The next day she went to

Haynes Park Haynes Park is a Georgian country house which stands in parkland at Haynes Church End, Bedfordshire, England. It is a Grade I listed building. Originally known as Hawnes Park it was built c.1725 for John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, a promine ...

, the home of Sir Robert Newdigate.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rotheram, George 1541 births 1599 deaths 16th-century English MPs