Sir William Dunch
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politician during the reign of King James I.
Dunch represented Wallingford
Wallingford (UK Parliament constituency)
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in Berkshire
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(now Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire
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) as an MP
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in 1603.
That same year he was knighted by King James I. He was the son of Sir Edmund Dunch (1551–1623)
Sir Edmund Dunch, 1551-1623
Sir Edmund Dunch was an English MP and High Sheriff.He was born the son of William Dunch and educated at Magdalen College, Oxford....
. He graduated from Balliol College, Oxford
Oxford
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in 1595. He married Mary Cromwell in 1599, the daughter of Sir Henry Cromwell and aunt to Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell
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. It is believed that the variant name for the rounded hills Wittenham Clumps
Wittenham Clumps
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(Mother Dunch's Buttocks) near the Dunch's family seat at Little Wittenham
Little Wittenham
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is associated with her. William’s brother Samuel Dunch
Samuel Dunch
Samuel Dunch was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1621 and 1653.Dunch was the son of Edmund Dunch of Little Wittenham, Berkshire. He matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford on 11 November 1608, aged 15 and was awarded BA on 23 January 1612. He was a student of Gray's Inn...
(1593–1666) represented Wallingford in 1620, as did William’s son Edmund
Edmund Dunch, Baron Burnell of East Wittenham
Edmund Dunch was an English Member of Parliament who supported the Parliamentary cause before and during the English Civil War. During the Interregnum he sat as an Member of Parliament. In 1659, after the Protectorate and before the Restoration, regaining his seat in the Rump he also sat in...
(1602–1678).