DARCY, Hon. James (1617-73), of Sedbury Park, nr. Richmond, Yorks.

Family and Education

bap. 30 Nov. 1617, 6th s. of Conyers, 4th Baron Darcy (d.1654) by Dorothy, da. of Sir Henry Belasyse, 1st Bt., of Newburgh Priory; bro. of Conyers, later 1st Earl of Holdernesse, and Hon. Marmaduke Darcy. m. by 1650, Isabel, da. of Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, 2nd Bt., of Burton Constable, 3s. 4da.Clay, Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 81.

Offices Held

Commr. for militia, Yorks. Mar. 1660; j.p. Yorks. (N. Riding) July 1660–6, commr. for assessment Aug. 1660 – d.; receiver of free gift, Yorks. 1661 – 65, commr. for corporations 1662 – 63, loyal and indigent officers 1662.Cal. Treas. Bks. i. 666; HMC 8th Rep. pt. 1 (1881), 275.

Master of the stud 1661–d.CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 606; Cal. Treas. Bks. iv. 564.

Parlimentarian

DARCY, Hon. James (1617-73), of Sedbury Park, nr. Richmond, Yorks.

Main residence: Sedbury Park, nr. Richmond, Yorks.

Author

M.W.H.

P.A.B.

P.W.

Volume

Commons 1660-1690

Web Title

DARCY, Hon. James (1617-73)