NEEDHAM, Sir Robert (d. 1661), of Clapham and Lambeth, Surr.

b. 1st s. of Thomas Needham of Pool Park, Clocaenog, Denb., and Eleanor (bur. 27 Mar. 1657), da. and coh. of Sir Henry Bagenal† of Plas Newydd, Llanddaniel Fab, Anglesey, wid. of Sir Robert Salesbury† (d. 14 July 1599) of Bachymbyd, Llanynys, Denb.Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxix), 372; G. Steinman Steinman, Some Particulars Contributed towards a Memoir of Mrs Myddelton, 1-2, 14-15; HP Commons 1558-1603, ‘Robert Salesbury’. educ. L. Inn 6 July 1620.LI Admiss. m. (1) 15 June 1630, Elizabeth (bur. 31 July 1639), da. and h. of John Hartop of Godstone and Kingston-upon-Thames, Surr., wid. of Robert Copping of St Margaret, Westminster, 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) 3 Jan. 1644, Jane (d. 10 Oct. 1666), da. and h. of William Cockayne of Clapham, wid. of John Worfield, barrister, of All Hallows, Barking, Essex, 2s. d.v.p. 6da. (2 ).St Ann Blackfriars, London par. reg.; C3/455/7; Steinman Steinman, Memoir of Mrs Myddelton, 2-5, 7, 8, 9, 13, 20. Kntd. 4 June 1630;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 197. suc. fa. c.1628.NLW, MS 467E/1514; Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 70. bur. 8 Aug. 1661 8 Aug. 1661.Steinman Steinman, Memoir of Mrs Myddelton, 15.