William Carnaby
William Carnaby(1595–1645) was an English politician who sat in theHouse of Commonsin 1640. He fought on theRoyalistside in theEnglish Civil War.
Carnaby was the son of William Carnaby of Farnham and Langley Northumberland and his wife Mabel Carnaby, daughter of Cuthbert Carnaby of Halton Tower. He was aged 22 at the visitation of 1615.[1]He was knighted at Welbeck Abbey in August 1619.[2]He came into possession of his mother's property at Halton,[3]and also acquired the estates ofHadstonfromRobert Brandling.
In 1624 Carnaby was electedmember of parliamentforMorpeth.He was elected MP forNorthumberlandin 1628 and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.[4]He was a close friend of theCavendish familyand managed the estates of the Earl of Northumberland from 1634 to 1638. He wasHigh Sheriff of Northumberlandin 1635.[3]
In April 1640, Carnaby was electedmember of parliamentforMarlboroughin theShort Parliament.He was elected MP for Morpeth again for theLong Parliamentin November 1640.[4]He raised forces for the King and was accordingly disabled from attending parliament on 26 August 1642. He was Treasurer of the Army and fought in the Northumberland Regiment, commanded by theMarquess of Newcastleat theBattle of Marston Moor.[3]Following defeat in the battle he accompanied the Marquess, the marquess's sonsCharles Viscount MansfieldandHenry Lord Cavendish,the marquess's brotherSir Charles Cavendish,Dr. BramhallBishop of Londonderry,Lord Falconbridge,Lord Widdrington,the Earl of Elthyne and Lord Cornworth and was conducted by a troop of horse and dragoons from York to Scarborough. They set sail forHamburgwhere they arrived on 8 July 1644.[5]
Carnaby married Jane Bindlosse daughter of Sir Robert Bindlosse.[6]
References[edit]
- ^Visitation of Northumberland in 1615
- ^Noel Malcolm, Jacqueline A. StedallJohn Pell (1611–1685) and his correspondence with Sir Charles Cavendish
- ^abcJohn WallisThe Natural History And Antiquities Of Northhumberland Volume 2
- ^abWillis, Browne(1750).Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660...London. pp.229–239.
- ^Historical Collections: Proceedings in the North, 1644,Historical Collections of Private Passages of State: Volume 5: 1642–45 (1721), pp. 603–653. Date accessed: 5 February 2011
- ^John Burke, John Bernard BurkeA genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies