Sir Richard Lucy, 1st Baronet
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Sir Richard Lucy, 1st Baronet (c. 1592 - 6 April 1667) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons
variously between 1647 and 1658.
Lucy was the son of Thomas Lucy of Charlecote Park
and his wife Constance Kingsmill daughter of Sir Thomas Kingsmill of High Clere, Hampshire. His grandfather Sir Thomas Lucy
was an MP and is noted for prosecuting William Shakespeare
. Lucy was knighted on 8 January 1617 and created baronet
of Broxbourn in the County of Hertford on 11 March 1618.
In 1647, Lucy was elected Member of Parliament
for Old Sarum
in the Long Parliament
and sat until 1653 through the Rump Parliament
. In 1654 he was elected MP for Hertfordshire
in the First Protectorate Parliament
and was re-elected in 1656 for the Second Protectorate Parliament
.
Lucy married firstly Elizabeth West, widow of Robert West and daughter of Sir Henry Cock of Broxbourn. Their son Kingsmill succeeded to the baronetcy. Lucy's brother Thomas was also an MP, while his brother William
was Bishop of St David's
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...
variously between 1647 and 1658.
Lucy was the son of Thomas Lucy of Charlecote Park
Charlecote Park
Charlecote Park is a grand 16th century country house, surrounded by its own deer park, on the banks of the River Avon in Wellesbourne, about east of Stratford-upon-Avon and south of Warwick, Warwickshire, England. It has been administered by the National Trust since 1946 and is open to the public...
and his wife Constance Kingsmill daughter of Sir Thomas Kingsmill of High Clere, Hampshire. His grandfather Sir Thomas Lucy
Thomas Lucy
Sir Thomas Lucy was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1571 and 1585. He was a magistrate in Warwickshire, but is best known for his links to William Shakespeare...
was an MP and is noted for prosecuting William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"...
. Lucy was knighted on 8 January 1617 and created baronet
Lucy Baronets
The Lucy Baronetcy, of Broxbourn in the County of Hertford, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 11 March 1618 for Richard Lucy, later Member of Parliament for Old Sarum and Hertfordshire. The second Baronet was Member of Parliament for Andover, and the second and third...
of Broxbourn in the County of Hertford on 11 March 1618.
In 1647, Lucy was elected Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for Old Sarum
Old Sarum (UK Parliament constituency)
Old Sarum was the most infamous of the so-called 'rotten boroughs', a parliamentary constituency of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland which was effectively controlled by a single person, until it was abolished under the Reform Act 1832. The constituency was the site of what had been...
in the Long Parliament
Long Parliament
The Long Parliament was made on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars. It received its name from the fact that through an Act of Parliament, it could only be dissolved with the agreement of the members, and those members did not agree to its dissolution until after the English Civil War and...
and sat until 1653 through the Rump Parliament
Rump Parliament
The Rump Parliament is the name of the English Parliament after Colonel Pride purged the Long Parliament on 6 December 1648 of those members hostile to the Grandees' intention to try King Charles I for high treason....
. In 1654 he was elected MP for Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Hertfordshire was a county constituency covering the county of Hertfordshire in England. It returned two Knights of the Shire to the House of Commons of England until 1707, then to the House of Commons of Great Britain until 1800, and to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom...
in the First Protectorate Parliament
First Protectorate Parliament
The First Protectorate Parliament was summoned by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell under the terms of the Instrument of Government. It sat for one term from 3 September 1654 until 22 January 1655 with William Lenthall as the Speaker of the House....
and was re-elected in 1656 for the Second Protectorate Parliament
Second Protectorate Parliament
The Second Protectorate Parliament in England sat for two sessions from 17 September 1656 until 4 February 1658, with Thomas Widdrington as the Speaker of the House of Commons...
.
Lucy married firstly Elizabeth West, widow of Robert West and daughter of Sir Henry Cock of Broxbourn. Their son Kingsmill succeeded to the baronetcy. Lucy's brother Thomas was also an MP, while his brother William
William Lucy
William Lucy was an English clergyman. He was bishop of St David's after the English Restoration of 1660.-Opponent of Hobbes:He published in 1657 an attack on the philosophy of Thomas Hobbes, and in particular on Leviathan , using the pseudonym William Pyke, Christophilus, and circulated by...
was Bishop of St David's
Bishop of St David's
The Bishop of St David's is the ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of St David's.The succession of bishops stretches back to Saint David who in the 6th century established his seat in what is today the city of St David's in Pembrokeshire, founding St David's Cathedral. The current Bishop of St...