BERKELEY, Maurice, 3rd Visct. Fitzhardinge [I] (1628-90), of Bruton, Som. and Pall Mall, Westminster

Family and Education

bap. 15 Dec. 1628, 1st s. of Charles Berkeley†, 2nd Visct. Fitzhardinge; bro. of John*, 4th Visct. Fitzhardinge. m. 1 Jan. 1649, Anne (d. 1704), da. of Sir Henry Lee, 1st Bt., of Quarrendon, Bucks., 2da.; 2s. illegit. by Mary Rutley. cr. Bt. 2 July 1660; suc. fa. as 3rd Visct. Fitzhardinge 12 June 1668. Cal. Treas. Bks. viii. 601; PCC 213 Dyke.

Offices Held

Servant to Duke of Gloucester May– Sept. 1660; gent. of privy chamber (extraordinary) June 1660, (ordinary) 1668–85; treasurer of Dunkirk garrison Dec. 1660–1; jt. agent for wine licences 1661–2; v.-pres. Connaught 1662–6; PC [I] 1663–?d.; commr. customs and excise accts. [I] 1666–7; capt. indep. tp. 1667, 1685, life gds. [I] 1676–85. SP 29/20/55; LC 3/2; CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 431; 1661–2, pp. 69, 132, 377; 1667, p. 182; 1676–7, p. 287; 1685, p. 209; CSP Ire. 1666–9, pp. 114, 349; Cal. Clarendon SP, v. 281, 544; HMC Ormonde, ii. 206, 208.

MP [I] 1665–6.

FRS 1667.

Custos rot. Som. 1675–d., ld. lt. 1689–d.; freeman, Bath 1679, high steward 1685– Aug. 1688, Oct. 1688–d. Bath AO, Bath council bk. 3, p. 69.

Parlimentarian

BERKELEY, Sir Maurice, 1st Bt. (1628-90), of Bruton, Som. and Pall Mall, Westminster.

Main residences: Bruton, Som.; Pall Mall, Westminster.

Author

P.W.

A.A.H.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

BERKELEY, Maurice, 3rd Visct. Fitzhardinge [I] (1628-90)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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