Sir William Goring, 1st Baronet (died 1658) was an English politician who sat in the

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from 1628 to 1629. Goring was the son of Sir Henry Goring (also written as Henrie Goringe) of Burton, West Sussex, and his wife Eleanor Kingsmill, daughter of Sir William Kingsmill, of Sydmonton, Hampshire. He was baptised 28 April 1595. He was created a

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on 14 May 1622. He succeeded his father on 16 July 1626. In 1628, he was elected

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for

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and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.George Edward Cokayne ''Complete Baronetage, Volume 1'' 1900
/ref> Goring died in 1658 and was buried at Burton on 25 February 1658. Goring married Bridget Fraunceys, daughter of Sir Edward Fraunceys and Elizabeth Astlowe, and had nine children, including Sir Henry Goring, 2nd Baronet, Percy (who also became an MP),History of Parliament Online: Percy Goring, of Parham, Sussex, and Maidstone, Kent (d. 1697)
accessed October 2017 and Bridget, who married

Sir Thomas Hatton, 2nd Baronet Sir Thomas Hatton, 2nd Baronet (1637- 1682) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1674 to 1679. Hatton was the son of Sir Thomas Hatton, 1st Baronet of Longstanton, Cambridgeshire and his wife Mary Allington, daughter of ...

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English MPs 1628–1629 Place of birth missing People from Duncton