KIRKE, George (d.1675), of Whitehall; later of Charing Cross, Westminster.

Family and Education

s. of George Kirke, gent. of the robes to James VI of Scotland by 1600. educ. Court; G. Inn 1631. GI Admiss. m. (1) 4 Jan. 1627, Anne (d. 6 July 1641), da. of Sir Robert Killigrew* of Kempton, Mdx., 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) 26 Feb. 1646, Mary (d. May 1701), da. of Aurelian Townsend, gent. of the privy chamber, of the Barbican, London, 4s (1 d.v.p.) 2da. (1 d.v.p.). T. Birch, Ct. and Times of Chas. I, i. 185; Westminster Abbey (Harl. Soc. Reg. x), 134, 218; St. Martin-in-the-Fields (Harl. Soc. Reg. lxvi), 96, 125; W. Hamper, Life of Sir William Dugdale, 34. bur. 20 May 1675. Westminster Abbey, 295.

Offices Held

Groom of the bedchamber to Prince Charles by 1608 – 10, 1613–25; LS13/280, f. 227; Archaeologia, xv. 8; T. Birch, Ct. and Times of Jas. I, i. 256–7; LC2/6, f. 69. page to Prince Henry 1610–12; LC2/4/6, f. 37. groom of the bedchamber to King Charles 1625–46; CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 16; J. Philippson, The Key of Historie (1627), ded.; Hamper, 34. gent. of the robes 1630–46; E401/2640. kpr. Whitehall Palace 1662–d. CSP Dom. 1661–2, p. 375.

Commr. enclosure, Gillingham forest, Dorset 1624, Hutchins, Dorset, iii. 649. sewers, Northants., Lincs. and Norf. 1629, Lincs. and Hunts. 1635; C181/4, ff. 30v, 40; 181/5, f. 10. ‘burgess’ and guildsman, Edinburgh 1633. Edinburgh Burgesses (Scot. Rec. Soc. lix), 293.

Parlimentarian

KIRKE, George (d.1675), of Whitehall; later of Charing Cross, Westminster.

Main residences: Whitehall; Charing Cross, Westminster.

Author

P.J.L.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

KIRKE, George (-d.1675)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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