Sir Adrian Scrope or Scroope (c. 1616–1666) of Cockerington, Lincolnshire was an English politician who sat in the

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from 1661 to 1666. He was a

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officer in the

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Biography

Scrope was the son of Sir Gervase Scrope of Cockerington and his first wife Catherine Hungerford, daughter of John Hungerford of Chisbury, Wiltshire. He was educated at

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and was admitted at

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on 18 May 1632, aged 16. He entered

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in 1634. History of Parliament Online - Scrope, Adrian
/ref> At the start of the civil war his father raised a regiment for King

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, and was left for dead at Edgehill, where he received sixteen wounds, but survived to 1655. Adrian Scrope was a Gentleman of the privy chamber from 1641 to 1646. He served in the king's army as a Colonel of horse during the civil war from 1642 to 1646. The fine imposed on father and son for their

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amounted to over £6,000. After the Restoration of the Monarchy he was made

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on 23 April 1661 at the coronation of Charles II. In 1661, he was elected

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for

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in the

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. He served as captain in the Earl of Cleveland's Horse from 1662 to his death. He died in 1666.

Family

Scrope married Mary Carr, daughter of Sir Robert Carr, 2nd Baronet of Sleaford, and was the father of Sir Carr Scrope. Cites: Blore, pp. 6, 9.

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