Robert Berkeley (1566–1614), of Pattenden,

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, was an English politician.

Life

He was the son of Sir Maurice Berkeley of Bruton, Somerset by his second marriage to Elizabeth Sands. He was a

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(MP) of the

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for

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in 1601. He married Elizabeth Lougher, whose father was a civil lawyer and had at least four sons and two daughters. He died in 1614 and was buried in Canterbury cathedral.

References

1566 births 1614 deaths English MPs 1601 Politicians from Kent {{17thC-England-MP-stub