Family and Education
b. 6 Sept. 1631, 2nd s. of Edmund Porter (d.1670), rector of Hevingham, Norf. and preb. of Norwich by Mary, da. of Sir Charles Chibborne of Messing Hall, Essex. educ. M. Temple 1656, called 1663. m. (1) lic. 1 Jan. 1666, Sarah Michell of Edmonton, Mdx., s.p.; (2) lic. 3 Jan. 1671, Letitia, da. of Bartholomew Coxeter of Weald Manor, Bampton, Oxon., 1s. 2da. Kntd. 25 Jan. 1686.Le Neve’s Knights (Harl. Soc. viii), 401; Wood’s Life and Times (Oxf. Hist. Soc. xix), 42; London Mar. Lic. ed. Foster, 1076; Cal. Treas. Bks. ix. 874.
Offices Held
Under-clerk in Chancery ?1656 – 63; solicitor to the Duke of York July 1660–85; member, R. Adventurers into Africa 1663, asst. 1667 – 71; member. R. Africa Co. 1672; dep. remembrancer of first fruits and tenths 1678, remembrancer Mar. 1688 – d.; bencher, M. Temple 1682, treas. 1688 – 89; KC 1685; ld. chancellor [I] 1686 – 87, 1690 – d.; one of the lds. justices [I] 1690 – 92, 1693, 1696–d.
Commr. for assessment, Mdx. 1664 – 69, 1679 – 80, 1689, M. Temple 1690; j.p. Ely 1680 – ?86; freeman, Dublin 1686.
Main residence: Essex Buildings, the Middle Temple.
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Commons 1660-1690
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PORTER, Charles (1631-96)
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