Fleetwood (noble family)

The House was founded in the 14th century by William Fleetwood from whom all members descent.[7] Married to Gwlladis in 1320, only daughter and heir to Meredith, son of Canuan, son of Conan, son of Owain Gwynedd. The later, was King of Gwynedd and reigned in 1137 to his death in Nov. 1169 with Gwladys ap Llywarch, a daughter and heir of L'Loworth.[6]

As such, the family originates in Lancashire, England but it was of little importance until the 16th, when Thomas Fleetwood and his three brothers moved south.[8] The eldest, John Fleetwood, a clerk of Chancery by 1535, acquired a large estate mainly in Staffordshire and Lancashire, in each of which counties he was twice High sheriff, and of the two others the elder entered the Charterhouse at Sheen and the younger, Robert Fleetwood, became a Clerk of the Petty Bag and was father of William Fleetwood, Recorder of London.[9]

• Thomas Fleetwood originated from Heskin, Lancashire and purchased the manor of the Vache in Chalfont, Buckinghamshire in 1564. He was a member of parliament and a judge, and Master of the Royal Mint under King Henry VIII.[7]The Vache was inherited by Sir George Fleetwood who died December 1620. It passed to his son Charles Fleetwood (died 1628) the father of George Fleetwood (regicide), who inherited the estate on the death of his father.[10] The Estate was confiscated and given to the Duke of York.[11]
• William Fleetwood (1535? – 1594) was an English lawyer and politician. He was Member of Parliament for Marlborough in 1558, Lancaster in 1559 and 1567, and for the City of London several times between 1572 and 1592, but his most significant position was as Recorder of London from 1571 to 1591.[12] A lawyer of the Middle Temple, he was a Queen's Serjeant in 1592.[13]
• James Fleetwood (baptised 25 April 1603, Chalfont St Giles; died 17 July 1683, Hartlebury Castle[14]) was an English clergyman and Bishop of Worcester.
• William Fleetwood of Misseden, (1563 – 13 December 1630) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1584 and 1628.
• Sir Thomas Fleetwood, Attorney General to Prince Henry, son of James I.[11]
• Sir William Fleetwood, Cup bearer to James I and Charles I.[15]
• Sir Miles Fleetwood of Aldwinkle, (died 8 March 1641) was an English office-holder and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1641.
• Sir William Fleetwood of Cranford, (c 1603 – 12 February 1674) of High Lodge, Woodstock Park, Oxfordshire was an English courtier and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640 and again from 1661 to 1674. Receiver of the Court of Wards.[11]
• Lord Charles Fleetwood (c. 1618–1692), was a Parliamentary soldier and politician, Lord Deputy of Ireland from 1652–55, where he enforced the Cromwellian Settlement. At the Restoration he was included in the Act of Indemnity as among the twenty liable to penalties other than capital, and was finally incapacitated from holding any office of trust. His public career then closed, though he survived until 4 October 1692. He was buried in Bunhill Fields.
• Sir George Fleetwood (baptised 30 June 1605 in Cople, Bedfordshire, died 11 June 1667 in Jälunda, Gryt, Södermanland, Sweden), came into Swedish service in 1629, became colonel for a regiment he had recruited himself in England in 1630 and finally lieutenant-general. Introduced in Sweden's Riddarhuset as a Baron.[5]
• William Fleetwood (1 January 1656 – 4 August 1723) was an English preacher, Bishop of St Asaph and Bishop of Ely, remembered by economists and statisticians for constructing a price index in his Chronicon Preciosum of 1707.[16]

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• Fleetwood coastal town
• HMS Fleetwood

Sir George was knighted 3 June 1632 by the Swedish king Gustav II Adolf;[5] created Swedish Baron 1 June 1654 at Uppsala Castle by Queen Christina of Sweden,[17] and was introduced into the Riddarhuset on 19 June 1654 as Baronial family N:o 49 with the following Blazon:

[..] Quarterly with an inescutcheon with the former Fleetwood weapon; in the uppermost quarter on the left and lowest on right an upright standing lion of red color in a field argent; In the upper one on the right and the last Shield on the left a crown in gold in field azure. [..] [5]

Descendants of George Fleetwood, the Swedish general and baron, include the former member of the Swedish parliament, Riksdagen Elisabeth Fleetwood and William Fleetwood, painter.