Richard Salwey
Richard Salwey (* 1615 ; † 1685 ) was an English politician.
Life
Richard Salwey was the fourth son of Humphrey Salwey and his wife Anne, the second daughter of Edward Littleton . He had four brothers, including Edward Salwey , and three sisters.
Salwey was a follower of Oliver Cromwell . From 1645 to 1653 he was a member of the House of Commons for the constituency of Appleby. In 1653 he was appointed a member of the Barebones Parliament , where he represented the constituency of Worcestershire. In addition, Salwey belonged to the third and fourth council of state from 1651 to 1652 . In 1654 he was mayor of Worcester . In 1659 he was again a member of the council of state .
He married Anne Waring, the daughter of the London councilor Richard Waring. The marriage produced five sons and two daughters. British MP Henry Salwey is his great-great-great-grandson.
Web links
- Entry in Dictionary of National Biography , 1885-1900, Volume 50
- WR Williams: Parliamentary History of the County of Worcester
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, Volume 2 (1847)
- ^ The assembled Commons; or, Parliamentary biographer, with an abstract of the law of election, by a member of the Middle Temple
- ↑ John Burke, John Bernard Burke: The Royal Families of England, Scotland, and Wales, with Their Descendants, Sovereigns and Subjects (1848)
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SURNAME | Salwey, Richard |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English politician |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1615 |
DATE OF DEATH | 1685 |