BERKELEY, Maurice (?1645-1717), of Pylle, nr. Wells, Som.

Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754, ed. R. Sedgwick, 1970
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Constituency

Dates

1705 - 1708
1710 - 30 May 1716

Family and Education

b. ?1645, 1st surv. s. of Edward Berkeley, M.P., of Pylle by Elizabeth, da. of John Ryves of Ranston, Dorset. educ. Wadham, Oxf. 12 July 1661, aged 16. unm. suc. fa. 1707.

Offices Held

Biography

The Berkeleys of Pylle, a branch of the family of the Earls of Berkeley, had been settled in Somerset since the fourteenth century. They had an interest in the neighbouring town of Wells, for which Edward Berkeley, Maurice Berkeley’s father, sat 1679-80 and 1685-1700. A Tory, and a member of the October Club, Maurice Berkeley was returned again for Wells in 1715, retaining his seat long enough to vote against the septennial bill before he was unseated on petition. He died the same year, 1717 (will proved May).1

Ref Volumes: 1715-1754

Author: Shirley Matthews

Notes

  • 1. PCC 91 Whitfield; Collinson, Som. iii. 275-82.