Sir Hugh Owen, 2nd Baronet (1645–1698) was a Welsh politician who sat in the
House of Commons of England
The House of Commons of England was the lower house of the Parliament of England (which Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542, incorporated Wales) from its development in the 14th century to the union of England and Scotland in 1707, when it was re ...
at various times between 1676 and 1695.
Owen was the son of
Sir Hugh Owen, 1st Baronet
Sir Hugh Owen, 1st Baronet (4 May 1604 – October 1670) was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1626 and 1660. He sided originally with the Parliamentarian side in the English Civil War, but the strength of his ...
of
Orielton, Pembrokeshire
Orielton is a historic country house and estate near Hundleton in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It was the seat of the Owen baronets from the 16th to 19th centuries. It was requisitioned during wartime, and later used as a field studies centre for environ ...
and his second wife Catharine LLoyd, daughter of Sir Evan Lloyd, of Yale, Denbighshire. He matriculated at
Christ Church, Oxford
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on 7 December 1660, aged 15. In 1670, he succeeded to the
baronetcy
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on the death of his father. He was admitted to
Inner Temple
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in 1672.
[George Edward Cokayne ''Complete Baronetage, Volume 2'' 1900]
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He was appointed High Sheriff of Pembrokeshire
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in 1664.[ Google Books] In 1676, he was elected Member of Parliament for Pembroke in a by-election to the Cavalier Parliament
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. He was elected MP for Pembrokeshire
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in the two elections of 1679 and in 1681. In 1688 he was appointed Sheriff of Anglesey, but did not act. He was elected MP for Pembrokeshire again in 1689.[
Owen had married firstly, his second cousin Anne Owen, daughter and heiress of his paternal uncle, Henry Owen, of Bodowen, with whom he had eight sons and five daughters. He married secondly Catharine Anwyl, widow of Lewis Anwyll of Park and daughter. of William Griffith of Len, but had no issue by her. He was succeeded by his son ]Arthur
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1645 births
1699 deaths
Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for constituencies in Wales
High sheriffs of Pembrokeshire
Baronets in the Baronetage of England
English MPs 1661–1679
English MPs 1679
English MPs 1680–1681
English MPs 1689–1690
English MPs 1690–1695