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b. c. 1571, 1st s. of Edward Wilmot of Culham, Oxon. and Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Stafford of Bradfield, Berks., wid. of John Bury of Culham.The Ancestor, xi. 16, 19-20. educ. Magdalen, Oxf. 1587 aged 16. Al. Ox. m. (1) Sarah (bur. 8 Dec. 1615), da. of Sir Henry Anderson of London, alderman and grocer, 3s. (2 d.v.p.), 1da.; Ancestor, xi. 20-1; GL, ms 4399, p. 60; A.B. Beaven, London Aldermen, i. 5. (2) by 28 Apr. 1630, Mary (d. 3 June 1654), da. of Sir Henry Colley of Castle Carbery, Co. Kildare [I], and wid. of Garret Moore (d.1627), 1st Visct. Moore of Drogheda [I], s.p. CP. Kntd. 5 Aug. 1599; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 97. suc. fa. c.1602; CSP Carew, 1601-3, p. 259. cr. Visct. Wilmot of Athlone [I] 4 Jan. 1621. CSP Ire. 1615-25, p. 312. d. bet. 29 June 1643 and Apr. 1644. Ancestor, xi. 20. sig. C[harles] Wilmot.
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Capt., Eng. army in France c. 1592 – 95, ft., [I] 1595–8, CSP Ire. 1592–6, p. 302; 1603–6, p. 386; HMC Hatfield, vi. 543. sgt.-maj. 1598, col. ft. from c.1599, CSP Ire. 1598–9, p. 415; 1603–6, p. 386; HMC Hatfield, ix. 145. constable, Castlemaine Castle, Co. Kerry by 1601–5, CSP Ire. 1601–3, p. 17; 1603–6, p. 335. gov. Cork, co. Cork 1601, Ibid. 1600–1, p. 415. acting gen., Munster 1602–3; Ibid. 1601–3, p. 572; G. Carew, Pacata Hibernia ed. S. O’Grady, ii. 279. second-in-command, Ile de Ré relief expedition 1627; CSP Dom. 1627–8, pp. 371, 404. gen., [I] 1629–32. CSP Ire. 1625–32, pp. 474, 670.

1603; member, Council of Munster 1600; CSP Carew 1589–1600, pp. 320, 404; CSP Ire. 1603–6, p. 7. PC [I] 1607-at least 1628, CSP Ire. 1606–8, p. 330; Addenda 1625–60, p. 127. [Eng.] 1628-at least 1640; APC, 1628–9, p. 42; PC2/53, p. 5. gov., Co. Kerry 1605-at least 1615; CSP Ire. 1603–6, p. 275; 1615–25, p. 11. v.-pres., Munster by 1609, Ibid. 1608–10, p. 329. pres., Connaught 1616–30 (sole), 1630–d. (jt.); R. Lascelles, Liber Munerum Publicorum Hiberniae, i. pt. 2, p. 189. member, Council of War 1621, 1628, 1637–8; APC, 1619–21, p. 333; CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 563; 1637, p. 224; 1637–8, p. 266. commr. Irish inquiries 1622; T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. iii, p. 231. member, High Commission 1629, 1633; R.G. Usher, Rise and Fall of High Commission, 360. commr. transportation of felons 1633, CSP Dom. 1631–3, p. 547. Regency 1639–40. Ibid. 1638–9, p. 607; 1640–1, p. 3.

Member, Virg. Co. 1609. A. Brown, Genesis of US, 210.

Commr. French prize goods in Ire. 1627, APC, 1627, p. 459. martial law, Devon and Cornw. 1627, Ibid. 1627–8, p. 79. oyer and terminer, London 1629; C181/4, f. 15. j.p. Oxon. 1634-at least 1640, C231/5, p. 148; C66/2859. commr. forest perambulations 1641, C181/5, f. 209v. array 1642. Northants. RO, FH 133.

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WILMOT, Sir Charles (c.1571-bet.1643/4), of Scotland Yard, Westminster
Main residence: Scotland Yard, Westminster.
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Commons 1604-1629
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WILMOT, Sir Charles (c.1571-bet.1643/4)

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