| 词条 | Edward Unton (high sheriff) |
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Sir Edward Unton KB (1534 – 16 September 1582)[1] was an English politician, high sheriff and Knight of the Bath. Edward was the eldest son of Sir Alexander Unton of Wadley House at Faringdon in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire) and his wife, Cecily, daughter of Edward Bulstrode of Hedgerley in Buckinghamshire.[1] He inherited his father's estates in 1547.[1] Eight years later, he married Anne, the daughter of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset and widow of John Dudley, 2nd Earl of Warwick; together they had seven children.[1] His eldest son Edward became MP for Berkshire (1584, 1586).[2] His younger son Sir Henry Unton was the English ambassador to France.[3] He was knighted in 1559; he was appointed High Sheriff of Berkshire in 1567.[1] Four years later (1572), he was also elected the Member of Parliament for Berkshire.[1] He had previously been MP for Malmesbury (1554) and for Oxfordshire (1563).[1] He died in 1582 and was buried in Faringdon church.[1] His monument reads: "Here lyeth Sir Edward Unton, Knight of the Noble Order of the Bathe, whoe married Anne Countess of Warwick, daughter of Edwarde Seymer Duke of Somersett and Protector of England, by whome he had ffive sonnes, whereof 3 died younge in the life of their father; Two, namelye Edwarde and Henry onely, survyved and succeeded him, the one after the other in their father's inheritance; and two daughters, Anne married to Sir Valentine Knightley, Knight, and Scissil married to John Wentworth, Esquire".[4] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 {{cite web |url=http://www.berkshirehistory.com/bios/euntonsr.html |title=Sir Edward Unton (1534-1582) |author=Ford, David Nash |year=2010 |work=Royal Berkshire History |publisher=Nash Ford Publishing |accessdate=15 November 2010}} {{s-start}}{{s-off}}{{s-bef | before=Sir Christopher Brome}}{{s-ttl | title=High Sheriff of Berkshire | years=1567–1568}}{{s-aft | after=John Fettiplace}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Unton, Edward}}{{England-pre1707-MP-stub}}2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.berkshirehistory.com/bios/euntonjr.html |title=Colonel Edward Unton (1557-1589) |author=Ford, David Nash |year=2010 |work=Royal Berkshire History |publisher=Nash Ford Publishing |accessdate=15 November 2010}} 3. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.berkshirehistory.com/bios/hunton.html |title=Sir Henry Unton (d. 1596) |author=Ford, David Nash |year=2010 |work=Royal Berkshire History |publisher=Nash Ford Publishing |accessdate=15 November 2010}} 4. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.berkshirehistory.com/churches/faringdon_eunton_mon.html |title=Faringdon Church Heraldic Wall Monument |author=Ford, David Nash |year=2004 |work=Royal Berkshire History |publisher=Nash Ford Publishing |accessdate=2 November 2010}} 9 : 1534 births|1582 deaths|People from Faringdon|People of the Tudor period|High Sheriffs of Berkshire|Knights of the Bath|English MPs 1554–1555|English MPs 1563–1567|English MPs 1572–1583 |
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