Oliver Raymond (c.1605 – 1679) was an English politician who sat in the

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in 1654 and 1656. Belchamp Hall - geograph

Raymond was born at

Belchamp Walter Belchamp Walter is a village and civil parish in Essex, England. It is located approximately west of Sudbury, Suffolk and is 35 km (22 miles) north-northeast from the county town of Chelmsford. It is near Belchamp St Paul and Belchamp Otte ...

, Essex, the son of John Raymond, who bought

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in 1611. He was admitted at

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in 1622 and migrated to

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. He was admitted at

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on 11 February 1626 and called to the bar in 1633. He was elder for Essex ''Classis'' in 1647. In 1654, Raymond was elected

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for

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in the

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. He was re-elected MP for Essex in 1656 for the

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. Raymond died in 1679 and was buried at Belchamp Walter. He had married Frances Herries, daughter of Sir William Herries (or Harris) of Shenfield, Essex. he disinherited his eldest son for marrying without his approval and Belchamp Hall passed instead to the latters's eldest son John Raymond (died 1690).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Raymond, Oliver 1679 deaths People from Braintree District Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge Members of Lincoln's Inn English MPs 1654–1655 English MPs 1656–1658 Year of birth uncertain