Sir Robert Spiller (c. 1591–1637) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the

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between 1621 and 1624.

Early life

Spiller was the son of Sir Henry Spiller of

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. He matriculated at

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on 25 January 1610 aged 18 and was awarded BA on 28 January 1611.

Career

He was a student of

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in 1611 and became a clerk in Chancery.Alumni Oxonienses
/ref> In 1621 he was elected

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for

Castle Rising Castle Rising is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is situated some north-east of the town of King's Lynn and west of the city of Norwich. The River Babingley skirts the north of the village separating C ...

.Browne Willis ''Notitia parliamentaria, or, An history of the counties, cities, and boroughs in England and Wales: ... The whole extracted from mss. and printed evidences'' 1750 pp176-239
/ref> He was of Sutton in Surrey and was knighted at Guildford on 27 July 1622 together with Sir Richard Weston. In 1624 he was elected MP for Castle Rising again. In 1635 Spiller was one of the commissioners appointed for the

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Personal life

Spiller married Elizabeth (or Dorothy) Dormer, daughter of

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. They had a daughter Jane who married

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son of

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. 'Parishes: Milton', The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 6 (1798), pp. 163-192. Date accessed: 26 February 2011
/ref> Spiller died at the age of about 47 and was buried at

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, Middlesex on 21 May 1637.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Spiller, Robert 1591 births 1637 deaths Members of Lincoln's Inn English MPs 1621–1622 English MPs 1624–1625