Rowland Pugh was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons

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 from 1624 to 1625.

Pugh was the eldest son of Richard ap John ap Hugh, of Mathafarn, Montgomeryshire. He matriculated at Jesus College, Oxford

Jesus College, Oxford

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 on 14 October 1597, aged 18. He became a student of the Inner Temple

Inner Temple

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 in November 1598. In 1624, Pugh was elected Member of Parliament

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 for Cardigan

Cardigan (UK Parliament constituency)

The Cardigan District of Boroughs was a parliamentary constituency in Wales which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and its predecessors, from 1542 until it was abolished for the 1885 general election...

. He was re-elected MP for Cardigan in 1625. He was Steward of Cyperley near Machynlleth. In 1626 he was High Sheriff of Montgomeryshire

High Sheriff of Montgomeryshire

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. He was High Sheriff of Merionethshire

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 and High Sheriff of Cardiganshire

High Sheriff of Cardiganshire

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 in 1631.

Pugh married firstly Elizabeth Pryse, daughter of Sir Richard Pryse

Richard Pryse (of Gogerddan)

Sir Richard Pryse was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1584.Pryse was the eldest son of John Pryse of Gogerddan. He became a student of the Inner Temple in November 1583. In 1584, he was elected Member of Parliament for Cardiganshire. He was High Sheriff of Cardiganshire...

of Gogerddan and secondly Mary Lewes daughter of James Lewis of Coedmawr.