Family and Education
bap. 27 Mar. 1660, 4th but 2nd surv. s. of Anthony Byerley (d.1667) of Middridge Grange by Anne, da. and coh. of Sir Richard Hutton of Goldsborough. educ. Queen’s, Oxf. 1677. m. 17 Mar. 1692, Mary (d. 26 Feb. 1727), da. and h. of Philip Wharton, warden of the Mint 1680-5, of Edlington, Yorks., div. w. of James Campbell of Burnbank, Lanarkshire, 2s. 3da. suc. bro. 1674.Surtees, Dur. iii. 313; Scots Peerage, i. 367; Luttrell, ii. 394.
Offices Held
Freeman, Durham 1680; j.p. co. Dur. 1680 – Apr. 1688, Yorks. (W. Riding) 1684 – ?Sept. 1688, co. Durham and W. Riding 1689 – 96, 1700 – d., (E. and N. Ridings) 1702 – d.; commr. for assessment, (W. Riding) 1689 – 90; c.-in-c. of militia, co. Durham 1689; dep. lt. (W. Riding), York and Ainsty 1700 – d., (N. Riding) 1701–d.
Capt. indep. tp. 1685, Queen Dowager’s Horse (later 6 Dgn. Gds.) 1685 – 87, lt.-col. 1689, col. 1689–92.
Commr. for privy seal 1711 – 13.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Middridge Grange, Heighington, co. Dur; Goldsborough, Yorks.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
BYERLEY, Robert (1660-1714)
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Oxford 1644
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