WESTON, Jerome (Jeremy) (1605-63) | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

b. 16 Dec. 1605, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Richard Weston^†, earl of Portland, being 1st s. with 2nd w. Frances, da. of Nicholas Waldegrave of Borley, Essex; bro. of Benjamin,^‡ Nicholas^‡ Thomas Weston, 4th earl of Portland. educ. Trinity, Camb. 1623, MA 1626; M. Temple 1626; travelled abroad 1629; Padua Univ. 1632. H.F. Brown, Inglesi e Scozzesi all’Università di Padova dall’anno 1618 sino al 1765, p. 147. m. 18 June 1632 (with £6,000), Frances (d.1694), yst. da. of Esmé Stuart, 3rd duke of Lennox [S], and Katherine, suo jure Baroness Clifton of Leighton Bromswald, 1s. 4da. d. 17 Mar. 1663; will 4 Nov. 1657–8 Oct. 1661, pr. 2 Sept. 1663. TNA, PROB 11/312.

Offices Held

Commr. trade 1660, plantations 1660, loyal and indigent officers 1662; PC 3 Apr. 1662–d. CSP Dom. 1661–2, p. 331.

Freeman, Newport, I.o.W. 1631, Yarmouth, I.o.W. 1634, Portsmouth 1635; gov. I.o.W. 1633 – 42, 1660–1; CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 491; 1661–2, p. 46. v.-adm. Hants. 1635, 1660; ld. lt. (jt.) Hants 1635 – 42; kpr. Richmond New Park 1637; ld. pres. Munster [I] 1644; steward, Berkhampstead manor 1660. CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 327.

Amb. extraordinary Savoy, Venice, Tuscany, Paris 1631–3. TNA, SP 78/92.

Asst. Royal Fishing Co. 1661.

Parlimentarian

WESTON, Jerome (1605-1663), of Roehampton House, Putney, Surr.

Associated with: Roehampton House, Putney, Surr.

Author

Eagles, Robin

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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