BERKELEY, George (1627-98), of Berkeley Castle, Glos.

Family and Education

b. 1627, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of George Berkeley, 8th Baron Berkeley and Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Sir Michael Stanhope of Sudbury, Suff.Lives of the Berkeleys, ii. 426; Rudder, New Hist. Glos. 277. educ. Christ Church, Oxf. c.1640.Ath. Ox. iv. 625. m. 11 Aug. 1646, Elizabeth (bur. 10 Dec. 1708), da. and coh. of John Masingberd of London, merchant (treas. E. I. Co. 1644-53), 2s. 6da. suc. fa. 10 Aug. 1658 as 9th Baron Berkeley. cr. 1st. Visct. Dursley and 1st earl of Berkeley 11 Sept. 1679. d. 14 Oct. 1698.Rudder, New Hist. Glos. 277; Cal. Ct. Mins. E. I. Co. 1644-9, p. 31; 1650-4, p. 285; CP.

Offices Held

Local: j.p. Glos. 13 June, 9 July 1646 – bef.Oct. 1653, 27 Mar. 1655–?d.;C231/6, pp. 50, 51, 307; C193/13/4, f. 38. liberties of Cawood, Wistow and Otley, Yorks. 13 Dec. 1664;C181/7, p. 297; Surr. by 15 June 1675–d.C231/7, p. 495; C231/8, p. 117. Commr. assessment, Glos. 9 June 1657;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. June 1659-aft. Feb. 1673;C181/6, p. 374; C181/7, pp. 10, 637. Mdx. 5 July 1660-aft. Sept. 1671;C181/7, pp. 3, 589. Wales 8 Nov. 1661;C181/7, p. 119. sewers, Haverfordwest 19 Oct. 1659;C181/6, p. 402. Kent and Surr. 28 Nov. 1664;C181/7, p. 291. Suss. 26 Aug. 1669;C181/7, p. 506. Glos. 7 Nov. 1671;C181/7, p. 598. militia, Glos., Surr. 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. Custos rot. Glos. 1660–89; Surr. 15 June 1675 – 9 July 1689, 27 July 1689–d.C231/7, p. 495; C231/8, pp. 117, 118; CSP Dom. 1689–90, p. 187; CP; J.C. Sainty Custodes Rotulorum1660–1828 (2002). Kpr. Nonsuch Park 21 Nov. 1660–1682.CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 359. Gov. Charterhouse 17 Jan. 1687–?d.CSP Dom. 1686–7, p. 345.

Central: member, cttee. for trade, 30 Jan.1656;CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 141. council of trade, 5 Mar. 1669.CSP Dom. 1668–9, pp. 224–5. PC, 17 July 1678 – 21 Apr. 1679, 31 July 1685-Feb. 1689.CP.

Mercantile: member, cttee. E.I. Co. 7 July 1660–97, 1698–99;CP; Cal. Ct. Mins. E. I. Co. 1660–3, p. 23. Royal African Co. 10 Jan.1663–88; asst. 1674 – 76, 1679 – 81, 1684–6. 22 Jan. 1680 – d.K.G. Davies, The Royal African Co. (1957), 378; Mins. of the Hudson’s Bay Co. 1679–1684, First Part 1679–82 ed. E.E. Rich (Toronto, 1945), 337. Gov. Levant Co. 7 Feb. 1673–11 Feb. 1696. 22 Jan. 1680 – d.A.C. Wood, Hist. of the Levant Co. (1935), App. iv. Member, Soc. of Merchant Adventurers, Bristol 11 July 1674. 22 Jan. 1680 – d.I.H. Jeayes, Descriptive Catalogue of Charters and Muniments at Berkeley Castle (Bristol, 1892), 250. Elder bro. Trinity House,; master, 7 June 1680–30 May 1681.W.R. Chaplin, The Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strand (n.d.), 14, 56. Stockholder, Hudson’s Bay Co. 27 Dec. 1680–7 May 1685.Mins. Hudson’s Bay Co. 1679–84, 332. Asst. Skinners’ Co. 9 Mar. 1685–?d.CSP Dom. 1685, p. 81.

Academic: FRS by 20 May 1663; member of council, 1668, 1671 – 73, 1676, 1679, 1683 – 84, 1687–8.M. Hunter, The Royal Society and its Fellows, 1660–1700 (1982), 166; The Record of the Royal Society of London (1940), 375.

Parlimentarian

BERKELEY, George (1627-98), of Berkeley Castle, Glos.

: Glos.

Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, M. Beale, 1679;Berkeley Castle, Glos. line engraving, D. Loggan, 1679;NPG. miniature, N. Dixon;Berkeley Castle, Glos. wash drawing, T. Athow;Ashmolean Museum, Oxf. medal, J.B. Du Four.BM.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

BERKELEY, George (1627-98), of Berkeley Castle, Glos.

Will

20 Sept. 1698, pr. 19 Dec. 1698.PROB11/448/420.

Estates

patrimony around Berkeley in 1618 worth ‘1,000 marks of old rents’;Lives of the Berkeleys, ii. 437. tenant of New Ground, Slimbridge, Glos. 1648;Jeayes, Catalogue, 248. estate in Suff. and Mdx. producing revenue of £1,642; in Norf., Som., co. Dur., Kent and London £859; in Leics. £171. Properties outside Glos. inc. Cranford, Mdx.; Durdens, Epsom, Surr.; Bosham, Suss.; Melton Mowbray, Leics.Glos. RO, Smyth of Nibley vol. III, ff. 20-1

Oxford 1644

Addresses

St John Jerusalem, Clerkenwell.Glos. RO, Smyth of Nibley vol. II, f. 97.

Religion

presented John Strickland, succeeding Thomas Savage, to rectory of Sutton Bonnington, Notts, 1 Nov. 1662;Jeayes, Catalogue, 249. employed John Rogers as chaplain after 1672.Wood, Fasti, ii. 332. Presented Dr John Covell to living of Kegworth, 31 Oct. 1681.Jeayes, Catalogue, 250-1.

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