Sir William Playters, 2nd Baronet (1590 – 1668) was an English politician who sat in the

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from 1640 to 1648. Playters was the son of Sir Thomas Playters, 1st Baronet of

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and his wife Anne Swan, daughter of Sir William Swan. John Burke, John Bernard Burke ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies''
/ref> He was knighted at Wanstead on 12 September 1623.Knights of England
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on the death of his father in 1638. In November 1640, Playters was elected Member of Parliament for Orford in the

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. He was Deputy Lieutenant and Vice-Admiral of Suffolk between 1640 and 1649. He was also a colonel of a regiment until relieved of his posts by parliament. Suckling. A. (1846
: 'Sotterley', ''The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk: volume 1''
pp. 81–96. Date accessed: 1 April 2011 Playters died at the age of 78 and was commemorated on a monument on the tomb of his wife at

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, Norfolk. Playters married Frances Le Grys, daughter of Christopher Le Grys of Billingford, Norfolk. He had one son, Thomas, who died in 1651. He was succeeded by Sir Lionel Playters.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Playters, William 1590 births 1668 deaths English MPs 1640–1648 People from Waveney District Baronets in the Baronetage of England