George Fleetwood (MP)
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Sir George Fleetwood was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons
House of Commons of England
The House of Commons of England was the lower house of the Parliament of England from its development in the 14th century to the union of England and Scotland in 1707, when it was replaced by the House of Commons of Great Britain...

  at various times between 1586 and 1611.

Fleetwod was the son of Thomas Fleetwood of The Vache and his second wife Bridget Spring, daughter of Sir John Spring of Lavenham, Suffolk. He was educated at New Inn and was at Middle Temple
Middle Temple
The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, commonly known as Middle Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court exclusively entitled to call their members to the English Bar as barristers; the others being the Inner Temple, Gray's Inn and Lincoln's Inn...

 in 1580. In 1586, he was elected Member of Parliament
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 for Wycombe
Wycombe (UK Parliament constituency)
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. He was a J.P.
Justice of the Peace
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 for Buckinghamshire from about.1586. From 1590 to 1591, he was High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire
High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire
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. He was a gentleman pensioner from 1597 until his death. He was knighted in 1603. In 1604 he was elected MP for Tavistock
Tavistock (UK Parliament constituency)
Tavistock was the name of a parliamentary constituency in Devon between 1330 and 1974. Until 1885 it was a parliamentary borough, consisting solely of the town of Tavistock; it returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1868, when its...

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Fleetwood married Katherine Denny, daughter of Henry Denny, dean of Chester, and his wife Honora Grey, daughter of William Grey, 13th Lord Grey of Wilton on 19 April 1586. They had eight sons and 6 daughters. He was the brother of Henry Fleetwood
Henry Fleetwood
Henry Fleetwood was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1589 and 1611.Fleetwood was the youngest son of Thomas Fleetwood of The Vache, Buckinghamshire and his second wife. He was educated at Grey's Inn in 1580 and was called to the bar in 1586. In 1589,...

and William Fleetwood.
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