George Wylde (or Wild or Wilde; 1550 – 27 March 1616) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the

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at various times between 1584 and 1611.

Parents

Wylde was a younger son of

Thomas Wylde Thomas Wylde (c. 1670 – 12 April 1740) was an English politician and administrator. His residence was The Commandery, Worcester. He was the eldest son of Thomas Wylde (clothier)#Dynasty, Robert Wylde (c. 1622 – 1689) of The Commandery and ...

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Worcester from whom he inherited a small estate. However George was the eldest son of his father's second wife, Ellinor daughter of George Wall of Droitwich, and through his mother he acquired further property at Kempsey, Impney and Droitwich, Worcestershire.

Career

A Worcester lawyer, Wylde was admitted at

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in November 1567 and was called to the bar. In 1584, he was elected

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for

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. He became a bencher of his Inn in 1591 and auditor in 1593. In 1593, he was elected MP for Droitwich again. He was JP for Worcestershire from around 1595 and became one of the Council of Marches of Wales on 7 July 1603. From 1603 to 1605 he was treasurer of his Inn. In 1604 he was elected MP for Droitwich again replacing his first cousin John Bucke. He was reader of his Inn in 1607. In 1614 he became

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. Wylde died at the age of 66 and was buried at Droitwich.

Children in parliament

Wylde married Frances Huddleston daughter of Sir Edmund Huddleston of

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Church of St Peter de Witton, Droitwich His sons

John Wylde Sir John Wylde (or Wilde; 11 May 1781 – 13 December 1859) was Chief Justice of the Cape Colony, Cape of Good Hope and a judge of the Supreme Court of the colony of New South Wales born at Warwick Square, Newgate Street, London. Member o ...

and George Wylde II were also MPs. His daughter Elizabeth (1591–1656) married

Sir Walter Blount, 1st Baronet Sir Walter Blount, 1st Baronet (1594 – 27 August 1654) of Sodington in the parish of Mamble in Worcestershire, was a Member of Parliament for Droitwich in 1624 and supported the Royalist cause in the Civil War. Origins Blount was the eldest ...

References

* Will of George Wylde, Sergeant at Law of Saint Peter Droitwich, Worcestershire 30 April 1616 PROB 11/127 {{DEFAULTSORT:Wylde, George 1550 births 1616 deaths Members of the Parliament of England for Droitwich Members of the Inner Temple Serjeants-at-law (England) 16th-century English lawyers 17th-century English lawyers English MPs 1584–1585 English MPs 1593 English MPs 1604–1611