William Maynard, 1st Baron Maynard (10 July 1586 – 19 December 1640) of

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, Essex was an English Member of Parliament.

Biography

He was the eldest son of Sir Henry Maynard of Easton Lodge and educated at the embassy in Paris (1598), St. John’s College, Cambridge (awarded MA, 1608) and entered the

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(1611). He was knighted in 1609 and succeeded his father in 1610. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Penryn (1609–1611) and

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in 1614. He was created a baronet in 1611, Baron Maynard of Wicklow in the Irish peerage in 1620 and Baron Maynard of Estaines ad Turrim (Little Easton) in the English peerage in 1628. He was

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(6 August 1635 – 17 December 1640),

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(17 June 1640 – 17 December 1640) and

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for life in 1640. In 1608, he married Frances, the daughter of William Cavendish, 1st Baron Cavendish of Hardwick, later 1st Earl of Devonshire. Their three children predeceased him. He then married in 1615; Anne, the daughter of Sir Anthony Everard of Great Waltham, Essex. They had two sons and five daughters. He was succeeded by his only surviving son

William Maynard, 2nd Baron Maynard William Maynard, 2nd Baron Maynard (c. 1623 – 3 February 1688/89) was an English aristocrat, the son of William Maynard, 1st Baron Maynard and Anne Everard. He married Dorothy Banastre. He later married Lady Margaret Murray, daughter of W ...

References

*http://thepeerage.com/p1215.htm#i12150

External links

Portrait of Frances Lady Maynard (1595-1613), Hardwick Hall, NT
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