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Revision as of 23:51, 13 February 2017 by Eddaido (talk | contribs) (Undid revision 765360681 by 77.96.115.80 (talk) Please just leave it alone. This is the convention)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff) For those of a similar name, see George Wilde and George Wild.George Wylde (1594 – 15 January 1649/1650) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1628 and 1650.
Wylde was the younger son of George Wylde and his wife Frances Huddleston, daughter of Sir Edmund Huddleston of Sawston, Cambridgeshire. He was baptised at St Peter de Witton, Droitwich, matriculated at Balliol College, Oxford on 18 March 1608 aged 14 and was awarded BA on 24 January 1611. He was called to the bar at Inner Temple on 16 April 1618.
In 1628, Wylde was elected Member of Parliament for Droitwich with his brother John and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years. He became a bencher of his Inn on 14 June 1635. In December 1648 he was elected MP for Droitwich in the Rump Parliament and sat until his death in 1650. His principal residence was The Harriots, Droitwich.
Wylde died on 15 January 1649/1650 and was buried in Westminster Abbey on the north side of the Chapel of Kings by St Paul's door.
References
- ^ W R WIlliams Parliamentary History of the County of Worcester
- pps 81-90 A History of the County of Worcester: volume 3, Victoria County History 1913
- Musgrave obits (Mon. Westm.159)
- John Stow, John Mottley: A survey of the cities of London and Westminster, borough of Southwark, and ...
- p143. Joseph Lemuel Chester, Registers of the Abbey of St Peter Private, London, 1876
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| Preceded byThomas Coventry John Wilde |
Member of Parliament for Droitwich 1628 With: John Wilde |
Succeeded byParliament suspended until 1640 |
| Preceded byThomas Rainsborough Edward Wilde |
Member of Parliament for Droitwich 1648-1650 With: Edward Wilde |
Succeeded byEdward Wilde |
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