Sir Thomas Berkeley, KB (11 July 1575 – 22 November 1611) was the son and heir apparent of Henry Berkeley, 7th Baron Berkeley, and a Member of Parliament for Gloucestershire from 1604 until 1611.
Sir Thomas Berkeley | |
|---|---|
| Born | 11 July 1575 |
| Died | 22 November 1611 |
| Noble family | Berkeley |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Carey |
| Issue | George Berkeley, 8th Baron Berkeley |
| Father | Henry Berkeley, 7th Baron Berkeley |
| Mother | Katherine Howard |
Family
editThomas Berkeley was the son of Henry Berkeley, 7th Baron Berkeley (d. 26 November 1613), by his first wife, Katherine Howard (d. 7 April 1596), third daughter of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, and Frances de Vere, daughter of John de Vere, 15th Earl of Oxford, and Elizabeth Trussell.[1]
Career
editBerkeley matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford, on 27 June 1590 at the age of 14. On 2 February 1589 he entered Gray's Inn. He was created a Knight of the Bath on 25 July 1603 at the coronation of King James I.[2] In 1604 he was elected Member of Parliament for Gloucestershire.[3]
Berkeley died on 22 November 1611 at the age of 37.[3]
Marriage and issue
editBerkeley married Elizabeth Carey, daughter and sole heir of George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon,[3] and his wife, Elizabeth Spencer:
- Theophila, born at her maternal grandparents' house at Blackfriars, London, 11 December 1596.[4] She married Robert, eldest surviving son of Edward Coke.[5]
- George Berkeley, 8th Baron Berkeley, baptized 26 October 1601 at Low Leyton, Essex.[6]
Notes
edit- ^ Cokayne 1912, pp. 138–9.
- ^ 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Bennell-Bloye', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp. 106-141. Date accessed: 30 October 2011
- ^ a b c Williams 1898, p. 49.
- ^ Broadway, Jan (2021). Wives of the Berkeleys. p. 64.
- ^ Wives of the Berkeleys. p. 76.
- ^ Cokayne 1912, pp. 138–40.
References
edit- Cokayne, George Edward (1912). The Complete Peerage, edited by Vicary Gibbs. Vol. II. London: St. Catherine Press. pp. 138–40.
- Williams, W.R. (1898). The Parliamentary History of the County of Gloucester. London: Jakeman and Carver. p. 49. Retrieved 19 March 2013.