Sir Peter Killigrew, 2nd Baronet (c 1634 – 8 January 1705) of

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, St Budock, Cornwall was an English politician who sat in the

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in 1660.

Origins

Killigrew was the son of Sir Peter Killigrew (c.1593-1668), Knight (4th son of John V Killigrew (c.1557-1605), of

, Cornwall, Vice-Admiral of Cornwall and the third

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), MP for Orkney, Shetland and Caithness in 1659 and for Helston in Cornwall from 1661 - July 1668, commonly known as ''Peter the Post'', because of his great diligence in conveying messages to King Charles I during the

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.John Burke, John Bernard Burke ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies''
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(1592-1676) and an attendant of Queen

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, wife of King Charles I, with whom she went into exile in France, having departed from

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near Arwenack, ''en route'' for the

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Career

In 1660, Killigrew was elected

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for

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in the Convention Parliament. After a double return, he was seated on 5 May 1660, but his election was declared void 12 June 1660. He inherited the

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on the death of his uncle Sir William Killigrew, 1st Baronet in 1665. Killigrew died in 1705 and was buried at Falmouth. He had married Frances Twysden, daughter of Sir

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, of East Peckham, Kent and had 2 sons and 2 daughters. His son George was killed in a duel in a tavern in Penryn. As his other son had also predeceased him the baronetcy became extinct. His Arwenack property passed to his daughter Anne, the wife of Martin Lister, who (Lister) thereupon adopted the name of Killigrew.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Killigrew, Peter 1634 births 1705 deaths Members of the pre-1707 English Parliament for constituencies in Cornwall English MPs 1660