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)

personal data
SURNAME	Salwey, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	English politician
DATE OF BIRTH	1615
DATE OF DEATH	1685

[Burke-1] Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, Volume 2 (1847)

[2] The assembled Commons; or, Parliamentary biographer, with an abstract of the law of election, by a member of the Middle Temple

[3] John Burke, John Bernard Burke: The Royal Families of England, Scotland, and Wales, with Their Descendants, Sovereigns and Subjects (1848)