Sir Edward Peyton, 2nd Baronet
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Sir Edward Peyton, 2nd Baronet (died April 1657) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons
at various times between 1621 and 1629. He fought for the Parlliamentary cause in the English Civil War
.
Peyton was the eldest son of Sir John Peyton, 1st Baronet
of Iselham and his wife Alice Osborne, daughter of Sir Edward Osborne
, Lord Mayor of London
.. He was educated at Bury School. He was knighted at Whitehall on 18 March 1611. On 16 August 1611, he was admitted to Gray's Inn
. He succeeded to the baronetcy
and estates on the death of his father in December 1616. He was also owner of Great Bradley, Suffolk. In 1618 he was awarded MA at Cambridge University.
In 1621, Peyton was elected Member of Parliament
for Cambridgeshire
. He was High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire from 1622 to 1623. In 1625 he was re-elected MP for Cambridgeshire and was returned again in 1626. He took an active part in the Civil War on the Parliamentary side, but so impoverished himself that he had to sell Iselham.
Peyton died at Wicken, Cambridgeshire and was buried at St Clement Danes in London.
Peyton married firstly on 24 April 1604, at Streatham, Surrey, Martha Liveset, daughter of Robert Liveset, of Tooting, Surrey. She died in 1613 and he married secondly on 6 June 1614, at St Bartholemew the Less, London, Jane Thimblethorpe, widow of Sir Henry Thimblethorpe, and daughter of Sir James Camhorpe, of Cockthorpe, Norfolk. He married thirdly on 13 December 1638 at St. James', Clerkenwell, Dorothy Minshaw. His widow married Rev. Edward Lowe, Vicar of Brighthelmstead, Sussex, who survived her. Peyton was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son by his first wife John.
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 1621 and 1629. He fought for the Parlliamentary cause in the English Civil War
English Civil War
The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists...
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Peyton was the eldest son of Sir John Peyton, 1st Baronet
Sir John Peyton, 1st Baronet
Sir John Peyton, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1593 and 1611....
of Iselham and his wife Alice Osborne, daughter of Sir Edward Osborne
Edward Osborne
Sir Edward Osborne , was one of the principal merchants of London in the later sixteenth century, and Lord Mayor of London in 1583.-Early life:Osborne was the eldest son of Richard Osborne of Ashford, Kent, by his wife, Jane Broughton...
, Lord Mayor of London
Lord Mayor of London
The Right Honourable Lord Mayor of London is the legal title for the Mayor of the City of London Corporation. The Lord Mayor of London is to be distinguished from the Mayor of London; the former is an officer only of the City of London, while the Mayor of London is the Mayor of Greater London and...
.. He was educated at Bury School. He was knighted at Whitehall on 18 March 1611. On 16 August 1611, he was admitted to Gray's Inn
Gray's Inn
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. He succeeded to the baronetcy
Peyton Baronets
There have been five Baronetcies created for members of the old established family of Peyton of Peyton Hall, all of whom were descended from Sir Robert Peyton of Isleham who died in 1518. All the Baronetcies are extinct....
and estates on the death of his father in December 1616. He was also owner of Great Bradley, Suffolk. In 1618 he was awarded MA at Cambridge University.
In 1621, Peyton was elected Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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for Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Cambridgeshire is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885. It was represented by two Knights...
. He was High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire from 1622 to 1623. In 1625 he was re-elected MP for Cambridgeshire and was returned again in 1626. He took an active part in the Civil War on the Parliamentary side, but so impoverished himself that he had to sell Iselham.
Peyton died at Wicken, Cambridgeshire and was buried at St Clement Danes in London.
Peyton married firstly on 24 April 1604, at Streatham, Surrey, Martha Liveset, daughter of Robert Liveset, of Tooting, Surrey. She died in 1613 and he married secondly on 6 June 1614, at St Bartholemew the Less, London, Jane Thimblethorpe, widow of Sir Henry Thimblethorpe, and daughter of Sir James Camhorpe, of Cockthorpe, Norfolk. He married thirdly on 13 December 1638 at St. James', Clerkenwell, Dorothy Minshaw. His widow married Rev. Edward Lowe, Vicar of Brighthelmstead, Sussex, who survived her. Peyton was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son by his first wife John.