Walter Overbury (1592–1637) was an English politician who sat in the

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at various times between 1621 and 1626. Overbury was the son of Sir Nicholas Overbury of

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, on 16 June 1610, aged 18 and was awarded BA on 21 February 1612. His elder brother

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was poisoned in the

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on 19 October 1615. He was called to the Bar at the

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in 1617. In 1621, he was elected

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for Cardigan. He was elected MP for Cardigan again in 1626. In 1628 he was Registrar of Assurances in the City of London. W R Williams ''The Parliamentary History of the Principality of Wales''
/ref> Overbury died at the age of about 45 and was buried at Bourton-on-Hill on 6 April 1637. Overbury married firstly by licence dated 6 November 1621 Mary Pinchion (d. 1623), daughter of Sir Edward Pinchion of

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, Essex and niece of Richard Weston, the newly appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer. He married secondly by licence, dated 21 June 1627, Magdalen, the widow of Edward Grimston of

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and daughter of Thomas Marsham, a London merchant.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Overbury, Walter 1592 births 1637 deaths Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for constituencies in Wales Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford Members of the Middle Temple People from the City of London English MPs 1621–1622 English MPs 1626