Sir William Barne (c. 1558 – 9 May 1619) was an English landowner and politician from

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Origins

He was the eldest son of Sir George Barne (1532–1592), of Woolwich, and his wife Anne, daughter of Sir

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. His father, a London merchant, had been

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and an MP for the

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Life

As his father's heir in 1592, he became a Kent landowner and was appointed a

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for the county from 1596. Before then, he was elected to the 1593 Parliament as MP for

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. He was knighted in 1603. Apart from his one foray into national politics and some work for the government, he seems to have spent his life participating in county affairs and managing his lands in

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and

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. He also developed literary friendships, among his correspondents being John Chamberlain, Sir Dudley Carleton and Sir

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Family

In 1586, when he was about 24, he married Anne, daughter of Edwin Sandys, the

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, and his wife Cecily, daughter of Sir Thomas Wilford and half-sister of Sir

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. Their children included: *Sir William (1593-1649), his heir, who married Dorothy, daughter of the MP Sir Peter Manwood. *Robert (1596-1650), of Grimsby, who married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Twysden and niece of

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. *Miles (1600-1651), who became a parson in Kent and married Jane, daughter of Henry Travers, a London lawyer. *Anne (1587-1633), who married Sir William Lovelace, becoming the mother of the poet Richard Lovelace and of

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, and also of a daughter named Anne Lovelace (1610-1652) who married Rev. John Gorsuch (1600-1647). After his death, his widow married Edward Pulter (died 1626).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Barne, William 1550s births 1619 deaths Year of birth uncertain People from Woolwich Members of the Parliament of England for Great Grimsby English MPs 1593 English justices of the peace Knights Bachelor