Henry Ley, 2nd Earl Of Marlborough
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Henry Ley, 2nd Earl of Marlborough (3 December 1595 – 1 April 1638), was an English
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and Member of Parliament. 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 of England, House of Commons at various times between 1597 and 1622. He was Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, Lord Chi ...
, 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
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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 (1618–1665)


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1595 births 1638 deaths Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Wiltshire Members of Lincoln's Inn English MPs 1614 English MPs 1621–1622 English MPs 1625 English MPs 1626 Earls of Marlborough {{1626-England-MP-stub