James Wriothesley, Lord Wriothesley (1 March 1605 – 5 November 1624) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons

House of Commons of England

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 from 1621 to 1622.

Wriothesley was the son of Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton

Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton

Henry Wriothesley , 3rd Earl of Southampton , was the second son of Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton, and his wife Mary Browne, Countess of Southampton, daughter of the 1st Viscount Montagu...

 and his wife Elizabeth Vernon

Elizabeth Wriothesley, Countess of Southampton

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 and was baptised on 26 March 1605 in the Chapel Royal, Greenwich. In 1621, he was elected Member of Parliament

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 for Callington

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Wriothesley died at Roosendaal, Netherlands, at the age of 19 and was buried at Titchfield

Titchfield

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on 28 December 1624.