SUCKLING, Sir John (1609-42), of Whitton, Twickenham, Mdx.

Family and Education

bap. 10 Feb. 1609,Add. 19150, f. 296; Lysons, Environs (1795), iii. 588; R. S. Cobbett, Mems. of Twickenham (1872), 47. 1st s. of Sir John Suckling† of Whitton and Martha (d. 1613), da. of Thomas Cranfield of London.Oxford DNB; Vis. Norf. (Norf. Rec. Soc. v), ii. 209; Suckling, Suff. i. 40. educ. Trinity, Camb. 3 July 1623; G. Inn, 23 Feb. 1627; Leiden, 26 Feb. 1630;Al. Cant.; G. Inn Admiss. 180; Index to English Speaking Students at Leyden University (1883), 96. travelled abroad (Spanish Netherlands, Germany).HMC 4th Rep. 290, 300; J. Suckling, Works ed. T. Clayton (1971), i. 114-18; Cent. Kent. Stud. U269/1/CP108, 159. suc. fa. 27 Mar. 1627. Kntd. 19 Sept. 1630.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 198. unm. d. ?7 May 1642.Vis. Norf. ii. 209; Add. 19150, f. 289.

Offices Held

envoy to Germany, 1631-Apr. 1632.Suckling, Works, i. 118–29; Cent. Kent. Stud. U269/1/CP108; HMC 4th Rep. 290; CSP Dom. 1631–3, pp. 322–3.

gent. of privy chamber, extraordinary, Nov. 1638.LC5/134, p. 286.

capt. of horse, royal army, 1639;CSP Dom. 1638–9, p. 378. capt. of carabineers, 22 Feb. 1640–1.CSP Dom. 1639–40, p. 481.

Parlimentarian

SUCKLING, Sir John (1609-42), of Whitton, Twickenham, Mdx.

of Whitton, Mdx., Twickenham.

Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, A. Van Dyck, c.1638;Frick Colln., New York. oil on canvas, aft. A. Van Dyck;Knole, Kent. oil on panel, attrib. T. Russel aft. A. Van Dyck;NPG. miniature, J. Hoskins;Photographs of the Gems of the Art Treasures Exhibition, Manchester, 1857 (London and Manchester, 1858), ancient series, no. 38. line engraving, W. Marshall aft. T. Russel, 1646.BM; NPG.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

SUCKLING, Sir John (1609-42), of Whitton, Twickenham, Mdx.

Will

none found.

Estates

inherited substantial estates in Suff., Lincs. and Mdx.C2/Chas 1/S120/25; PROB11/151/688; Muskett, Suff. Manorial Fams. ii. 187-9. In 1635, sold Barsham Hall to uncle, Charles Suckling, for £4,300.C54/2988; C54/3031; Suckling, Suff. i. 39.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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