Rowland Pugh (born 1579, date of death unknown) was a Welsh politician who sat in the

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from 1624 to 1625. Pugh was the eldest son of Richard ap John ap Hugh, of

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. He matriculated at

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on 14 October 1597, aged 18. He became a student of the

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in November 1598. In 1624, Pugh was elected

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for Cardigan. He was re-elected MP for Cardigan in 1625. He was Steward of Cyperley near Machynlleth. In 1608 and 1625 he was appointed

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. He was

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and

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in 1631.W R Williams ''The Parliamentary History of the Principality of Wales''
/ref> Pugh married firstly Elizabeth Pryse, daughter of

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Gogerddan __NOTOC__ Gogerddan, or in English, Gogarthen, was an estate near to Trefeurig and the most important in what was then the county of Cardiganshire, Wales. Owned since at least the fifteenth century by the Pryse family, the main house, called Pla ...

and secondly Mary Lewes daughter of James Lewis of Coedmawr.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pugh, Rowland 1579 births 17th-century deaths Year of death missing Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for constituencies in Wales Members of the Inner Temple Alumni of Jesus College, Oxford High Sheriffs of Montgomeryshire High Sheriffs of Merionethshire High Sheriffs of Cardiganshire 17th-century Welsh politicians English MPs 1624–1625 English MPs 1625