HAMPDEN, Richard (1631-95), of Great Hampden, nr. Wendover, Bucks.

Family and Education

bap. 13 Oct. 1631, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of John Hampden of Great Hampden by Elizabeth, da. of Edmund Symeon of Pyrton, Oxon. m. 11 Mar. 1652, Letitia, da. of William, 5th Baron Paget, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da. suc. fa. 1643.

Offices Held

J.p. Bucks. 1653 – ?62, Feb. 1688–?d.; commr. for assessment, Bucks. 1657, Jan. 1660–80, Bucks. and Oxon. 1689 – 90, militia, Bucks. and Oxon. Mar. 1660; capt. of militia horse, Bucks. Apr. 1660, commr. for recusants 1675, dep. lt. Feb. 1688–?d.Merc. Pub. 12 Apr. 1660; CP, iv. 609–10; DNB; Lipscomb, Bucks. ii. 260; CSP Dom. 1694–5, p. 204; 1695, p. 112.

PC 14 Feb. 1689 – 3 May 1694; chairman of committees of supply and of ways and means 27 Feb. 1689 – Oct. 1690; ld. of the Treasury 1689 – 94; chancellor of the Exchequer 1690 – 94.

Parlimentarian

HAMPDEN, Richard (1631-95), of Great Hampden, nr. Wendover, Bucks.

Main residence: Great Hampden, nr. Wendover, Bucks.

Author

L.N.

M.W.H.

E.C.

Volume

Commons 1660-1690

Web Title

HAMPDEN, Richard (1631-95)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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