Sir George Simeon (c.1584 - 4 May 1664) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the

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between 1614 and 1624. Simeon was the son of John Simeon of Brightwell Baldwin, Minigrove, Britwell Priory, Chilworth, and Stoke Talmage in Oxfordshire and his wife Anne Molyns, daughter of Anthony Molyns.John Burke, John Bernard Burke ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies''
/ref> He was knighted in 1604. In 1611 he sold "The Howe" to his brother, later Sir John Simeon. 'Parishes: Watlington', A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 8: Lewknor and Pyrton hundreds (1964), pp. 210-252. Date accessed: 25 November 2011
/ref> In 1614, he was elected

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for Wallingford. After entering

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in 1616 to study law he was re-elected MP for Wallingford in 1621 and in 1624. Simeon married Mary Vaux, daughter of the Hon. George Vaux, eldest son of

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, and had two daughters, Anne and Elizabeth who married to

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. Simeon married secondly, Margaret Molyneux, daughter of

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of Sefton, Lancashire and was succeeded by the youngest and only surviving son of five.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Simeon, George 1580s births 1664 deaths English landowners People from Wallingford, Oxfordshire Members of Gray's Inn Knights Bachelor English MPs 1614 English MPs 1621–1622 English MPs 1624–1625