Sir William Uvedale (c. 15811652) was an English politician who sat in the

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at various times between 1614 and 1645. He supported the

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cause in the

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Career

Uvedale was the son of William Uvedale of Wickham and his wife Mary Norton, daughter of Sir Richard Norton. He matriculated at

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on 17 March 1598, aged 16. In 1600, he was a student of the

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/ref> He was knighted on 19 November 1613. In May 1605, he attended the Earl of Hertford's embassy to Brussels. In 1614 he was elected

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for

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. His father died in 1616 and he eventually inherited the estates on the death of his mother before 1626. 'Parishes: Wickham', A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 3 (1908), pp. 233-236. Accessed 7 June 2011. In January 1618, he acted with other courtiers at Theobalds House, Theobalds
led by Sir John Finet in an interlude featuring "Tom of Bedlam the Tinker" intended to amuse James VI and I, King James who was suffering from gout. The cast included: Thomas Dutton, Thomas Badger, George Goring, 1st Earl of Norwich, George Goring, Thomas Tyringham,

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, Robert Yaxley, Arthur Lake, and George Garret. The King was displeased by the play, especially the lyrics sung by Finet, and John Chamberlain was surprised that "none had the judgement to see how unfit it was to bring such beastly gear in public before a prince." In 1621 he was elected MP for Newport (Isle of Wight). He was elected MP for

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in 1624. In 1625 he was elected MP for

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. He was re-elected MP for Petersfield in 1626 and 1628, sitting until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years. In April 1640, Uvedale was again elected MP for Petersfield in the

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and was re-elected MP for Petersfield for the

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in November 1640. He supported the Royalist cause and sat in the King's Oxford parliament. He was disabled from sitting in the Westminster before 1645. His property became much reduced in his lifetime, possibly because of his support of the royal cause.

Death

Uvedale died at the age of about 70 and was buried on 3 December 1652.

Marriage and family

Uvedale married firstly, around the year 1607, Anne Carey (d. 1627), a daughter of Sir Edmund Carey of

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and his wife Mary Crocker. She had been a maid of honour to

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and walked in the queen's funeral procession in 1619, listed as "Lady Udall".John Nichols, ''Progresses of James the First'', vol. 3 (London, 1828), p. 541. In 1640 he married secondly Victoria Cary, daughter of

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. Their children included: * Elizabeth Uvedale, who married

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* Frances Uvedale, who married Edward Griffin of Braybrooke and Dingley.

References

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