Michael Stanhope (died c. 1621)
Sir Michael Stanhope (c. 1549 – c. 1621), of Sudbourne, Suffolk, was an English politician. Stanhope was the youngest surviving son of Michael Stanhope and Anne Rawson.
He was one of Queen Elizabeth's Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber. He was knighted in 1603 by King James I. He married Elizabeth Read, the daughter of Sir William Read of Osterley, Middlesex, by whom he had three daughters, who were his coheirs.[1] There is a monument to him in Sudbourne church.
He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Castle Rising in 1584, Ipswich in 1597 and 1601, and for Orford in 1604.[2]
References
- G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 139.
- http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/stanhope-michael-1549-1621
External links
- Will of Sir Michael Stanhope, proved 6 February 1622, National Archives Retrieved 3 April 2013
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