Sir Christopher Yelverton, 1st Baronet (27 March 1602 – 4 December 1654) was an English politician who sat in the
House of Commons
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from 1640 to 1648.
Yelverton was the son of Henry Yelverton, a lawyer, and his wife Margaret Beale, daughter of Robert Beale. He was a grandson of
Christopher Yelverton
Sir Christopher Yelverton (1536 – 31 October 1612) was an English judge and Speaker of the House of Commons.
Ancestry
Christopher Yelverton came from an ancient Norfolk family, tracing their descent back to Andrew Yelverton, who held conside ...
, who was
Speaker of Parliament
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Usage
The title was first recorded in 1377 to describe the role of Thomas de Hungerf ...
.
[John Burke ''A General and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage Volume 1'']
/ref> He was educated at Gray's Inn
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(1607) and Queens' College, Cambridge
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(1619), after which he spent several years touring Europe. He succeeded his father in 1630 and was appointed High Sheriff of Northamptonshire
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for 1639–40.
In November 1640, Yelverton was elected Member of Parliament
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for Bossiney in the Long Parliament
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. He was created a baronet
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, of Easton Mauduit
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in the County of Northampton
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, on 30 June 1641.[ Although not excluded under ]Pride's Purge
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Despite defeat in the ...
he did not sit in parliament after 1648. In his last years, he is said to have been afflicted by melancholy and a deep consciousness of the sins of his youth.
Yelverton married Anne Twysden, daughter of Sir William Twysden, 1st Baronet
Sir William Twysden, 1st Baronet (1566–1628) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England, House of Commons at various times between 1593 and 1628.
Life
Twysden was the son of Roger Twysden, of Roydon Hall, East Peckham, ...
and Anne Finch. The marriage was a very happy one. Their son Sir Henry Yelverton, 2nd Baronet
Sir Henry Yelverton, 2nd Baronet (6 July 1633 – 3 October 1670) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660 and from 1664 to 1670.
Early life
Yelverton was the son of Sir Christopher Yelverton, 1st Baronet and his wife A ...
inherited the baronetcy and sat as a Royalist in the Convention Parliament, and their daughter Anne
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Anne is sometimes used as a male name in the ...
married Robert Montagu, 3rd Earl of Manchester
Robert Montagu, 3rd Earl of Manchester JP (baptised 25 April 1634 – 14 March 1683) was an English courtier and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1671 when he inherited the peerage as Earl of Manchester.
Early life
Mont ...
in 1665.[
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References
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1602 births
1654 deaths
People from Northampton
English MPs 1640–1648
Baronets in the Baronetage of England
High Sheriffs of Northamptonshire
Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge