Edward Unton (captain)
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Edward Unton was an English landowner and MP.
He was the eldest son of Sir Edward Unton of Wadley, Berkshire and Anne, the daughter of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset
and widow of John Dudley, 2nd Earl of Warwick
. His younger brother was Henry Unton
.
He married firstly Dorothy, daughter of Sir Richard Knightley of Fawsley, Northamptonshire and secondly Catherine, the daughter of Sir George Hastings. He had no children. In 1582 he inherited his father's estate.
In 1583 he travelled in Italy and and was arrested by the Inquisition. His brother Henry paid a ransom of 10,000 crowns to secure his return to England, where Edward was obliged to sell part of his inheritance to repay his brother.
In 1584 he was elected knight of the shire for Berkshire
and again in 1586.
In 1587 he went as a colonist to Munster but was recalled due to the imminent threat of the Spanish Armada. Afterwards he went as a captain on the Portuguese expedition (the English Armada
) led by Sir John Norreys
, but returned in bad health to die in 1589. He was succeeded by his brother Henry. His widow married Sir Walter Chetwynd of Staffordshire.
He was the eldest son of Sir Edward Unton of Wadley, Berkshire and Anne, the daughter of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset
Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset
Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, 1st Earl of Hertford, 1st Viscount Beauchamp of Hache, KG, Earl Marshal was Lord Protector of England in the period between the death of Henry VIII in 1547 and his own indictment in 1549....
and widow of John Dudley, 2nd Earl of Warwick
John Dudley, 2nd Earl of Warwick
John Dudley, 2nd Earl of Warwick, KG, KB was an English nobleman and the heir of John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, leading minister and de facto ruler under Edward VI of England from 1550–1553. As his father's career progressed, John Dudley respectively assumed his father's former...
. His younger brother was Henry Unton
Henry Unton
iSir Henry Unton was an Elizabethan English diplomat.Henry was the second son of Sir Edward Unton of Wadley House, near Faringdon, Berkshire , his mother, Anne , being a daughter of Edward Seymour, duke of Somerset, the protector...
.
He married firstly Dorothy, daughter of Sir Richard Knightley of Fawsley, Northamptonshire and secondly Catherine, the daughter of Sir George Hastings. He had no children. In 1582 he inherited his father's estate.
In 1583 he travelled in Italy and and was arrested by the Inquisition. His brother Henry paid a ransom of 10,000 crowns to secure his return to England, where Edward was obliged to sell part of his inheritance to repay his brother.
In 1584 he was elected knight of the shire for Berkshire
Berkshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Berkshire was a parliamentary constituency in England, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of England until 1707, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885...
and again in 1586.
In 1587 he went as a colonist to Munster but was recalled due to the imminent threat of the Spanish Armada. Afterwards he went as a captain on the Portuguese expedition (the English Armada
English Armada
The English Armada, also known as the Counter Armada or the Drake-Norris Expedition, was a fleet of warships sent to the Iberian Coast by Queen Elizabeth I of England in 1589, during the Anglo-Spanish War...
) led by Sir John Norreys
John Norreys
Sir John Norreys , also frequently spelt John Norris, was an English soldier of a Berkshire family of court gentry, the son of Henry Norris, 1st Baron Norreys a lifelong friend of Queen Elizabeth....
, but returned in bad health to die in 1589. He was succeeded by his brother Henry. His widow married Sir Walter Chetwynd of Staffordshire.