Henry Ley, 2nd Earl of Marlborough (3 December 1595 – 1 April 1638) was an English peer and

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. He was baptised on 3 December 1595, the eldest son of

James Ley, 1st Earl of Marlborough James Ley, 1st Earl of Marlborough (c. 1552–1629) was an English judge and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1597 and 1622. He was Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench in Ireland and then in England, and wa ...

and his wife, Mary née Petty and educated in law at

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in 1610. He was

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in 1616. Ley was knighted in 1611 by

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. He was a

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(MP) of the

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for Westbury in 1614 and 1624, for

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in 1621 and 1626 – 2 March 1626 and for

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in 1625. He was appointed

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for life in 1625. In 1628, he entered the

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by a

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as Baron Ley. He succeeded his father as

Earl of Marlborough Earl of Marlborough is a title that has been created twice, both times in the Peerage of England. The first time in 1626 in favour of James Ley, 1st Earl of Marlborough, James Ley, 1st Baron Ley and the second in 1689 for John Churchill, 1st Duke ...

the following year. Ley married Mary, daughter of Sir Arthur Capell of Hadham, by whom he had two children: *Lady Elizabeth Ley, died unmarried *

James Ley, 3rd Earl of Marlborough James Ley, 3rd Earl of Marlborough (28 January 1618 – 3 June 1665) was a British peer, naval admiral and coloniser, and Member of Parliament. He was styled Lord Ley from 1629 to 1638. Life He was the only son of Henry Ley, 2nd Earl of Marlboro ...

(1618–1665)

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