Sir William Hervey (1586 – 30 September 1660) was an English politician who sat in the

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at various times between 1624 and 1629. Hervey was the son of John Hervey of

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, Suffolk and Frances Bocking. He was

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at Whitehall on 29 April 1608, as of St Martins.Knights of England
/ref> In 1624, he was elected Member of Parliament for Preston in the

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. He was re-elected MP for Preston in 1625. In 1628 he was elected MP for

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and sat until 1629 when King Charles I decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.William Duncombe Pink, Alfred B. Beaven ''The parliamentary representation of Lancashire, (county and borough), 1258-1885, with biographical and genealogical notices of the members, &c.'' (1889)
/ref> Hervey married as his first wife Susan Jermyn, daughter of Sir Robert Jermyn of Rushbrooke and Judith Blagge. They had two sons,

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and

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, History of Parliament Online - Hervey, John
/ref> and several daughters, including Mary, who married

Sir Edward Gage, 1st Baronet Sir Edward Gage, 1st Baronet (c.1626 – January 1707) was an English baronet. Biography Gage was born at Firle, East Sussex, the third son of Sir John Gage, 1st Baronet and Penelope Darcy. He was the grandson of Thomas Darcy, 1st Earl Rivers. ...

. After Susan's death, Hervey married Gage's twice-widowed mother Penelope Darcy, daughter of

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and Mary Kitson; she was a noted

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. His grandson

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was created Baron Hervey, of

, in 1703, and Earl of Bristol in 1714. Hervey died at the age of about 74.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hervey, William 1586 births 1660 deaths People from the Borough of St Edmundsbury

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