KIRKE, Percy (d.1691), of Whitehall.

Family and Education

s. of George Kirke (d.1675), keeper of Whitehall Palace, by 2nd w. Mary, da. of Aurelian Townsend, gent. of the privy chamber, of Barbican, London. m. bef. 1684, Lady Mary Howard, da. of George, 4th Earl of Suffolk, 1s. 2da.DNB; Westminster Abbey Reg. (Harl. Soc. x), 295.

Offices Held

Ensign, Admiralty Regt. 1666; cornet, R. Horse Gds. (The Blues) 1670, lt. 1674, capt.-lt. 1675, capt. 1679; lt. 1 R. English Regt. (French army) 1675, maj. 1675 – 78; lt.-col. 2 Tangier Regt. (4 Ft.) 1680 – 82, col. 1 Tangier Regt. (Queen’s Ft.) 1682 – d.; gov. Tangier 1682 – 84, Londonderry 1689; brig. 1685, maj.-gen. Nov. 1688, lt.-gen. 1690–d.J. Childs, Army of Charles II, 245–6.

Freeman, Portsmouth 1683; keeper, Whitehall Palace 1687 – d.; commr. for reforming abuses in the army 1689; groom of the bedchamber 1689–d.R. East, Portsmouth Recs. 367; Luttrell, i. 413; LS/231/17; CSP Dom. 1689–90, p. 97; Cal. Treas. Bks. ix. 330.

Parlimentarian

KIRKE, Percy (d.1691), of Whitehall.

Main residence: Whitehall.

Author

P.W.

Volume

Commons 1660-1690

Web Title

KIRKE, Percy (-d.1691)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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