Percival Hart (16th-century MP)

Sir Percival Hart (14 January 1569 – 8 March 1642) of Lullingstone Castle, Kent was an English politician.[1]

For the later MP, see Percival Hart.
Gatehouse of Lullingstone Castle- seat of the Hart family

Private Life

Hart was the eldest surviving son of Sir George Hart of Lullingstone. He married Anne Manwood (sister of Roger Manwood), Jane Stanhope (daughter of Sir Edward Stanhope (died 1603)), then Mary Morrison. He was educated at New College, Oxford (1584) and Gray's Inn (1602). He had at least 2 sons and a daughter and was succeeded by William, his eldest son by his first wife. His second son was Sir Henry Hart, KB, whose son Sir Percival Hart afterwards inherited Lullingstone Castle on William's childless death. [2]

Career

Hart was Member of Parliament for Kent in 1598 following the death of William Brooke in a duel and for Lewes in 1601. He was knighted in 1601.

References
  1. "HART, Percival (c.1568-1642), of Lullingstone, Kent". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  2. "Lullingstone". British History Online. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
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