William Killigrew (1606–1695)

Sir William Killigrew (1606 - 1695) was an English court official under Charles I and Charles II^[1].

He was the son of Sir Robert Killigrew (1580-1633) and Mary Woodhouse, of Kimberley, Norfolk, his wife. He was the elder brother to Thomas Killigrew. In 1625 or 1625, he married Mary Hill and they had seven children, of whom, only Robert and William survived him.

He was knighted in May 1626. He was elected MP for Newport and Penryn, Cornwall in March 1628, but only sat for the latter. In 1629, he and his father were jointly awarded the Governorship of Pendennis Castle.

He attempted to drain the Lincolnshire fens, and was the author of four plays (printed 1665 and 1666) of some merit.

From 1664 to 1679 he was Member of Parliament for Richmond in Yorkshire.

References

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

^ ODNB artice by J. P. Vander Motten, ‘Killigrew, Sir William (bap. 1606, d. 1695)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [1], accessed 9 Sept 2007

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[1] ODNB artice by J. P. Vander Motten, ‘Killigrew, Sir William (bap. 1606, d. 1695)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [1], accessed 9 Sept 2007

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