Robert Poley (English MP)

Robert Poley or Pooley (c. 1600 – 1627), of Boxted, Suffolk, was an English Member of Parliament.

He was the eldest son of Sir William Poley of Boxted, Suffolk and Anne, one of the daughters of Sir Robert Jermyn of Rushbrooke.[1] He entered Clare College, Cambridge in 1617[2] with his cousin Robert Jermyn.[3] The following year the two cousin obtained a licence to travel abroad for three years.[4] He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Queenborough in 1624 and 1626 through the influence of Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke.[4] If he made any contribution to either parliament, it is not recorded.[4]

He was one of the many casualties of the Duke of Buckingham's attempt to raise the Siege of Saint-Martin-de-Ré in 1627.[4] He died unmarried and on his father's death the estate passed to his younger brother William.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Burke, Bernard (1863). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, part 90. Vol. 2. p. 1207.
  2. ^ Venn, John (1924). Alumni cantabrigienses. Vol. 3. p. 380.
  3. ^ Venn, John (1922). Alumni cantabrigienses. Vol. 2. p. 473.
  4. ^ a b c d "POLEY, Robert (C.1600-1627), of Boxted, Suff. | History of Parliament Online".
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