Family and Education
b. 17 Nov. 1656, 2nd s. of Sir William Davenant (d.1668) of Lincoln’s Inn Fields, being 1st s. by 3rd w. Henriette Marie du Tremblay, wid. of St. Germain Beaupré of Anjou, France. educ. Cheam g.s. Surr. 1665; Balliol, Oxf. 1671-3; travelled abroad (Holland) c.1673-5; LL.D. Camb. 1675; advocate, Doctors’ Commons 1675. m. c.1678, Frances, da. and h. of James Molins, MD, of Shoe Lane, London, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 6da.
Offices Held
Commr. for excise 1678 – 89, hearth-tax 1684 – Jan. 1685, July 1685–9; sec. to commrs. for union with Scotland 1703; inspector-gen. of imports and exports 1705–d.
Dep. lt. London 1687 – Oct. 1688, Herefs. Apr. 1688–9.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Westminster.
Notes
This biography is based on D. Waddell, ‘Career and Writings of Charles Davenant’ (Oxford D. Phil. thesis, 1955).
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Commons 1660-1690
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DAVENANT, Charles (1656-1714)
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