Henry Ludlow (died 1643)
Sir Henry Ludlow(1592–1643) was an English landowner and politician who sat in theHouse of Commonsat various times between 1614 and 1643.
Ludlow was born atMaiden Bradley,Wiltshire, the son ofSir Edmund Ludlowand his second wife Lady Margaret Howard, widow ofThomas Howard, 1st Viscount Howard of Bindon,and daughter of Sir Henry Manning, knight marshal of the Household. He matriculated atBrasenose College, Oxfordon 16 October 1607 aged 15 and graduated BA on 6 February 1609.[1]In 1614, he was electedMember of ParliamentforHeytesbury.He was re-elected MP for Heytesbury in 1621 and 1624. He inherited the estate of Maiden Bradley. In 1633 he wasSheriff of Wiltshire.
In November 1640, Ludlow was elected MP forWiltshirein theLong Parliamentand sat until his death in 1643.[1]
Ludlow died at the age of about 51 and was buried on 1 November 1643 atSt Andrews, Holborn,London.[1]
Ludlow married Elizabeth Phelips, daughter of Richard Phelips ofMontacute,Somerset and had three daughters and six sons includingEdmund,the regicide.[1]Ludlow's half-brother also namedHenrywas an MP.[2]
References
[edit]- ^abcdHenry Fritz-Gilbert Waters, New England Historic Genealogical SocietyThe New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 42, 1888
- ^Bindoff, S. T."LUDLOW, Edmund (bef.1548-1624), of Hill Deverill; later of Maiden Bradley, Wilts".History of Parliament Online.Retrieved22 November2022.