Sir Edward Hales, 2nd Baronet
Sir Edward Hales, 2nd Baronet (1626 – c. 1684) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1681.
Hales was the son of Sir John Hales and his wife Christian Cromer, daughter of Sir James Cromer, of Tunstall and grandson of Sir Edward Hales, 1st Baronet. He matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford on 20 May 1642, aged 16. He was a devoted Royalist, and risked his life trying to rescue Charles I from his imprisonment at Carisbrooke. His father died in 1652 and he succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his grandfather in September 1654.[1]
In August 1660, Hales was elected at a by-election as Member of Parliament for Maidstone in the Convention Parliament. He was elected MP for Queenborough in 1661 for the Cavalier Parliament and was re-elected for Queenborough in 1679 for the two exclusion parliaments.[2]
Hales died in France between August 1683 and February 1684.[2]
Hales married Anne Wootton, the youngest of the four daughters [3] of Thomas Wotton, 2nd Baron Wotton of Marlby and his wife Mary Throckmorton. His only son Edward succeeded to the baronetcy.[1] Although Edward Hasted records that Edward was the eldest of four sons.[3]
References
- George Edward Cokayne Complete Baronetage, Volume 1 1900
- History of Parliament Online - Hales, Sir Edward
- Hasted, Edward (1798). "Parishes". The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent. Institute of Historical Research. 6: 80–98. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
| Parliament of England | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Thomas Twisden Robert Barnham |
Member of Parliament for Maidstone 1660 With: Robert Barnham |
Succeeded by Robert Barnham Sir Edmund Pierce |
| Preceded by Sir William Wheler Hon. James Herbert |
Member of Parliament for Queenborough 1661–1681 With: Hon. James Herbert James Herbert |
Succeeded by William Glanville Gerard Gore |
| Baronetage of England | ||
| Preceded by Edward Hales |
Baronet (of Woodchurch and Tunstall) 1654–1684 |
Succeeded by Edward Hales |