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Family and Education
b. 1548, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Thomas Wotton of Boughton Malherbe by Elizabeth, da. of Sir John Rudston, ld. mayor of London; half-bro of Sir Henry Wotton. educ. abroad. m. (1) 1 Sept. 1575, Hester (d. 8 May 1592), illegit. da. and h. of Sir William Pickering, of London and Yorkshire, at least 3s. 2da.; (2) Sept. 1603, Margaret (d.1659), da. of Philip, 3rd Baron Wharton and gd.-da. of Henry Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland. suc. fa. 1587. Kntd. 1592; cr. Baron Wotton 1603.
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Ambassador to Portugal and Spain 1579, Scotland 1585, France 1586, 1610; gent. of privy chamber by 1589; comptroller of the Household 22 Dec. 1602 – Nov. 1616; PC Dec. 1602 – Apr. 1625; commr. of the Treasury 16 June 1612–14; treasurer of the Household Nov. 1616 – Jan. 1618; j.p.q. Kent from c. 1593, sheriff 1594 – 95, ld. lt. 20 Apr. 1604 – May 1620; commr. trial of Ralegh 1603, against Jesuits 1603 – 22, recusant lands 1606, for the surrender of Flushing and Brill 1616, eccles. causes 1620.DNB; CP; Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. lxxv), 79; G. Inn Adm. Reg. 72; N. and Q. (ser. 7), x. 310; L. P. Smith, Life and Letters of Sir Henry Wotton, i. 284; Add. 33924, f. 16; Hatfield ms 278; Rymer, Foedera, xvi. 489, 597, 691, 783; xvii. 93, 201, 367; HMC Hatfield, xvii. 182.

Parlimentarian
WOTTON, Edward (1548-1628), of Boughton Malherbe, Kent and London.
Main residences: Boughton Malherbe, Kent; London.
Author
M.R.P.
Volume
Commons 1558-1603
Web Title

WOTTON, Edward (1548-1628)

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Oxford 1644
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