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John Berkeley was accredited ambassador from Charles I of England to Christina of Sweden, in January 1637, to propose a joint effort by the two sovereigns for the reinstatement of the elector palatine in his dominions; probably the employment of Berkeley in this by his cousin, Sir Thomas Roe, who had conducted negotiations between Gustavus Adolphus and the king of Poland.
Lord Berkeley of Stratton was married but had no children. He died at a family home, Bruton Abbey, Somerset, in April 1773, aged 75, when the barony became extinct.He devised his grand estates which included Berkeley Square in London, to his kinsman the Frederick Augustus Berkeley, 5th Earl of Berkeley, [1] his own branch descended in the male line from a Baron Berkeley who died in 1326, with ...
He was the son of Thomas Berkeley, 3rd Baron Berkeley, of Berkeley Castle, and his second wife Katherine Clivedon. [2]He was appointed High Sheriff of Somerset and Dorset for 1390–91 and 1394–95, High Sheriff of Gloucestershire for 1392–93, 1397–98 and 1414–15, High Sheriff of Hampshire for 1402–03 and 1406–07, and High Sheriff of Wiltshire for 1410–11.
John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton (1602–1678) was an English royalist soldier, politician and diplomat. John Berkeley may also refer to: John Berkeley (1531–1582), MP for Hampshire 1566–1571; John Berkeley (died 1428) (1352–1428), MP for Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire
John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton struggled to assert his authority over the Royalist troops. The King sent orders for Sir Richard Grenville and John Berkeley to support Goring in the attack on Taunton. Goring arrived outside Taunton on 11 March, and a sizeable part of Berkeley's garrison from Exeter arrived soon after.
He was the second son of Richard Berkeley (d. 1671) of Stoke Gifford and Jane, daughter of Henry Symes of Frampton Cotterell, Gloucestershire. [2] His grandfather and great-grandfather had both sat in parliament for Gloucestershire before the English civil war. He inherited the family estates on the death of his elder brother George in 1685. [3]
John Fettiplace Henry Marten: Windsor: Sir Arthur Ingram Sir Richard Harrison: Reading: Edward Herbert Sir John Berkeley: Herbert chosen for Old Sarum and Berkeley chosen for Heytesbury Replaced by Sir Francis Knollys sen. and Sir Francis Knollys jun: Wallingford: Edmund Dunch Unton Croke: Abingdon: Sir George Stonhouse Bt
In 1690 Berkeley inherited the Irish peerage from his brother Maurice. After inheriting the family seat at Bruton, Somerset he was made Custos Rotulorum of Somerset from 1690 to his death. He was returned as Member of Parliament for Hindon at a by-election on 20 April 1691. He was appointed to two committees dealing with expenditure on the army ...