Sir Richard Moryson (died 1625) was an English soldier and politician who sat in the

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from 1621 to 1622. Moryson was the son of

Thomas Moryson Thomas Moryson or Morrison (died 19 February 1592), of Cadeby, Lincolnshire, was a 16th-century English politician who sat as MP for Grimsby from 1572 until 1589. The son of George Moryson, of Waltham, Lincolnshire, in 1555, he became Commis ...

and his wife Elizabeth Moigne, daughter of Thomas Moigne of North Willingham, Lincolnshire. His father was a

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gentleman who had been member of parliament for

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. Moryson became a soldier and served in the Netherlands. He was knighted on 5 August 1599 in Ireland by the Earl of Essex. Subsequently, he became Vice-President of Munster, and sat in the

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in the Irish Parliament of 1613–15 as member for Bandonbridge. After a "long and honourable stay" in Ireland, he returned to England in 1615 and settled at Tooley Park, Leicestershire. He was appointed Lieutenant General of the Ordnance Shakespeare's Europe
/ref> and in 1621, he was elected

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for Leicester. Moryson wrote his will in 1624, adding a codicil on 29 August 1625, and was dead by the following 3 October. Moryson married Elizabeth Harrington, daughter of Sir Henry Harrington. His son Francis became Governor of Virginia, and two other sons Richard and Robert also emigrated to Virginia.Lothrop Withington ''Virginia gleanings in England: abstracts of 17th and 18th-century English ...''
/ref> His daughter

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, or Letitia, married

Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland PC (c. 1610 – 20 September 1643) was an English author and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1642. He fought on the Royalist side in the English Civil War and was killed in action at the ...

. His brother

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was a noted travel writer.

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Year of birth missing 1628 deaths Irish MPs 1613–1615 English MPs 1621–1622 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Cork constituencies

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