Submitted by legacy on
Family and Education
bap. 8 Sept. 1630, 1st s. of Henry Beke of Haddenham by Frances, da. of John Billyard, Merchant Taylor, of London. m. (1) 7 Feb. 1656, Levina (d. Feb. 1658), da. of Roger Whetstone of Whittlesey, Cambs., s.p.; (2) lic. 1 July 1667, Jane, da. of Lord Charles Powlett of Abbott’s Anne, Hants, s.p.; (3) 10 Feb. 1684 (with £1,200), Elizabeth (d. 30 May 1737), da. of Thomas Lee I, of Hartwell, Bucks., 3da. suc. fa. 1654, cos. Thomas Dover in Dinton estate 1682.Top. and Gen. iii. 158, 162, 172, 177; PCC 143 Clarke; London Mar. Lic. ed. Foster, 110.
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Capt.-lt. of life-gds. 1650 – 55, capt. 1656 – 59; maj. of horse 1655 – 56, 1659; lt. Duke of York’s Horse Gds. July 1660–1; lt.-col. of horse, London vol. regt. of the Mq. of Winchester (Charles Powlett II) 1690. Whitelocke Mems. iii. 300; Clarke Pprs. (Cam. Soc. n.s. lxi), 141; Carte, Orig. Letters, ii. 81; CSP Dom. 1659–60, pp. 31, 577; 1690–1, p. 69; Parl. Intell. 23 July 1660.

Commr. for scandalous ministers, Bucks. 1654; j.p. co. Dur. 1655 – Mar. 1660, Bucks. 1656 – Mar. 1660, Feb. 1688 – d.; commr. for assessment, Bucks., co. Dur. and Nairnshire 1657, Nairnshire 1659, Bucks. 1689 – 90; dep. lt. Bucks. 1689 – d., London 1690; freeman, Chipping Wycombe 1691.First Wycombe Ledger Bk. (Bucks. Rec. Soc. xi), 233.

Commr. for excise appeals 1689–d.4 Cal. Treas. Bks. ix. 110; xxi. 512.

Parlimentarian
BEKE, Richard (1630-1707), of Westminster and Ford, Dinton, Bucks.
Main residences: Westminster; Ford, Dinton, Bucks.
Author
L.N.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title

BEKE, Richard (1630-1707)

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