Lewis Mordaunt, 3rd Baron Mordaunt (21 September 1538 – 16 June 1601) was an English peer and politician. He was the son of

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and Ela (née FitzLewis) Mordaunt. He became the third Baron Mordaunt in 1571 on the death of his father. He was the

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(MP) for

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(1563–67) and

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in 1570. A lover of art and buildings, he was a reluctant judge at the trial of

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would invade in 1588. He married Elizabeth Darcy, daughter of Sir Arthur Darcy and Mary Carew and was succeeded by their son

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. His daughter Mary married

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on 16 June 1601 and was buried in All Saints church

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on 20 July, where there is a plain black marble tomb.MORDAUNT, Lewis (1538-1601), of Turvey, Beds. and Drayton, Northants. http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/mordaunt-lewis-1538-1601

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