ELWES, Sir John (1635-1702), of Whitehall and Grove House, Fulham, Mdx.

Family and Education

bap. 1 Nov. 1635, 4th s. of Sir Gervase Elwes, merchant, of London; bro. of Sir Gervase Elwes, and step-bro. of Sir Richard Everard. educ. I. Temple 1653; Queen’s, Oxf. 1654. m. 23 Jan. 1672, Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Sir Walter Raleigh of East Horsley, Surr., s.p. Kntd. by 1667; suc. cos. Henry in Fulham estate 1677.Misc. Gen. et Her. (n.s.), iv. 133-4; Westminster City Lib. St. Martin in the Fields par. reg.; C. J. Feret, Fulham Old and New, iii. 279.

Offices Held

?Lt. King’s Ft. Gds. (Spanish army) 1658; capt. of ft. regt. of Sir Allen Apsley 1667. Clarke, Jas. II, i. 349–50; CSP Dom. 1667, p. 191.

Gent. of privy chamber June 1660 – Nov. 1688, gent. usher by 1692 – d.; cup-bearer to Queen Catherine of Braganza 1662, carver by 1669 – at least79; commr. for excise appeals 1678 – 79; receiver-gen. duchy of Lancaster 1686–d.Carlisle, Privy Chamber, 165, 197; SP29/47/116; Cal. Treas. Bks. v. 1053; vi. 46; Sir Robert Somerville, Duchy of Lancaster Office Holders, 18–19.

Commr. for recusants, Wilts. 1675, assessment Mdx. 1677 – 80, 1689 – 90; j.p. Mdx. 1680 – Feb. 1688, Westminster 1683 – Feb. 1688, Mdx. and Westminster Sept. 1688–d.Mdx. RO, MJ/SBB 446; MJP/CP5a; WJP, CP 1–3.

Parlimentarian

ELWES, Sir John (1635-1702), of Whitehall and Grove House, Fulham, Mdx.

Main residences: Whitehall; Grove House, Fulham, Mdx.

Author

B.D.H.

Volume

Commons 1660-1690

Web Title

ELWES, Sir John (1635-1702)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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