Family and Education
bap. 11 Jan. 1630, 2nd s. of Sir Charles Berkeley I and bro. of Sir Maurice Berkeley and John Berkeley, 4th Visct. Fitzhardinge. educ. travelled abroad 1644-8. m. 18 Dec. 1664, Mary, da. of Hervey Bagot of Pipe Hall, Warws., 1da. Kntd. 30 May 1660; cr. Visct. Fitzhardinge of Berehaven [I] 14 July 1663, Earl of Falmouth 17 Mar. 1665.
Offices Held
Groom of the bedchamber to the Duke of York 1656 – 62; keeper of the privy purse 1662 – d. asst. R. Adventurers into Africa 1665.
Cornet, regt. of George, Lord Digby, (French army) 1652 – 56; capt. Duke of York’s Gds. 1657 – 58, 1661 – d.; capt. of Sandown Castle, Kent Dec. 1660–1; lt.-gov. Portsmouth 1662–d.
Freeman, Portsmouth 1662.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Whitehall.
Notes
This biography is based on C. H. Hartmann, The King’s Friend, which corrects the date given for the Falmouth peerage in CP.
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Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
BERKELEY, Sir Charles II (1630-65)
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