Francis Clerke (Oxfordshire MP)
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Francis Clerke (c. 1655 – 2 May 1715) of North Weston, near Thame, Oxfordshire was a British Member of Parliament (MP) for Oxfordshire from 1710 to 1715.[1]
He was the second son of Sir John Clerke, Bt., of Hitcham, Buckinghamshire and North Weston by Philadelphia, the daughter and coheiress of Sir Edward Carr of Hillingdon, Middlesex. He was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford, becoming a fellow in 1676–1682.
He married Catherine, the daughter of the Hon Henry Bertie (of Weston-on-the-Green), M.P., of Weston-on-the-Green, Oxfordshire. They had no children.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Parliament, Great Britain (31 May 2019). "Cobbett's Parliamentary History of England: From the Norman Conquest, in 1066, to the Year, 1803. From which Last-mentioned Epoch it is Continued Downwards in the Work Entitled: "Cobbett's Parliamentary Debates"". T. Curson Hansard, Published by R. Bagshaw. Retrieved 31 May 2019 – via Google Books.
- ^ "CLERKE, Francis (?1655-1715), of North Weston, Oxon". History of Parliament trust. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
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