Constituency Dates
Knaresborough 1660, 1661, 1679 (Mar.), 1679 (Oct.), 1681, 1685, 1689, 1690 – 3 Mar. 1693
Family and Education
bap. 3 Jan. 1634 /5, o. s. of Thomas Stockdale† of Bilton Park by Margaret, da. of Sir William Parsons, 1st Bt., of Bellomont, co. Dublin. educ. Knaresborough g.s.; St. John’s, Camb. 1652. unm. suc. fa. 1653.1 Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ed. Clay, i. 277–8.
Address
Main residence: Bilton Park, nr. Knaresborough, Yorks.
biography text

Stockdale, who owned a dozen burgages at Knaresborough, represented the borough for 33 years without interruption, throughout which time he acted consistently with the opposition. There was a double return at Knaresborough in March 1690, but Stockdale being in both returns was able to take his seat at once. He was classed as a Whig by Lord Carmarthen (Sir Thomas Osborne†) at that time. However, apart from telling on 17 May against a motion that the right of election at Aldborough was not restricted to burgage-holders, Stockdale was an inactive Member, perhaps through ill-health and age. He died on 3 Mar. 1693, and was buried at Knaresborough. His heir was his nephew, Christopher Walters, who took the name of Stockdale and succeeded his uncle as MP for Knaresborough.2 Ibid. 278.

Author
E.C.
C.I.M.
Volume
Commons 1690-1715
Notes
  • 1. Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ed. Clay, i. 277–8.
  • 2. Ibid. 278.