TRAVERS, Samuel (c.1655-1725), of the Middle Temple and Hitcham, nr. Windsor, Berks.

Family and Education

b. c. 1655, 2nd s. of Rev. Thomas Travers, rector of St. Columb Major, Cornw. by Elizabeth, da. of William Rous† of Halton, Cornw. educ. Exeter, Oxf. matric. 17 June 1674, aged 19, BA 1674; M. Temple 1679, called 1683, associate bencher 1693. unm. suc. cos. Giles Travers at Waltham Place, Surr. 1706. D. Lemmings, Gent. and Barristers, 53-54; Her. and Gen. iv. 109–12; info. from Dr D. F. Lemmings.

Offices Held

Surveyor-gen. of crown lands 1693–1710; surveyor-gen. of Blenheim 1705–16; auditor-gen. to duchy of Cornwall 2 Jan. 1715–d. Cal. Treas. Bks. x. 152; xvii. 38; xxiv. 84, 465, 473; Townshend mss at Raynham Hall, box ‘State Pprs. 1716–21’.

Commr. inquiry into New Forest 1693, Greenwich Hospital 1695; dep.-gov. Royal Fishery Co. 1694. Cal. Treas. Bks. x. 759; Add. 10120, f. 3; Luttrell Diary, 506.

Parlimentarian

TRAVERS, Samuel (?1655-1725), of Hitcham, nr. Windsor, Bucks.

Main residences: the Middle Temple; Hitcham, nr. Windsor, Berks.

Author

E.C.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

TRAVERS, Samuel (c.1655-1725)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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