KIRKBY, Roger (c.1649-1709), of Kirkby Ireleth, Lancs.

Family and Education

b. c. 1649, 1st s. of Richard Kirkby† by Elizabeth, da. and coh. of William Murray, tailor, of Westminster. m. 7 Aug. 1692, Catherine, da. and coh. of Sir John Baker, 3rd Bt., of Sissinghurst, Kent, 1s. suc. fa. 1681. Hunter’s Pedigrees (Harl. Soc. lxxxviii), 102; Kent Par. Reg. ii. 115; VCH Lancs. viii. 392.

Offices Held

Freeman, Preston 1662, 1682; burgess, Wigan by 1684; sheriff, Lancs. 1708–d. NLS, Crawford mss 47/3/78, list of Wigan burgesses, Dec. 1684; Preston Guild Rolls (Lancs. and Cheshire Record Soc. ix), 147, 190; Luttrell, Brief Relation, vi. 407.

Ensign 1 Ft. (Gren.) Gds. 1670–5; capt. Sir Charles Wheeler, 2nd Bt.’s† Ft. 1678–9, indep. coy. of ft. Chester garrison 1685, 15 Ft. Nov. 1687–?9; gov. Chester 1693–1702. CSP Dom. 1693, p. 31; Luttrell, v. 178.

Parlimentarian

KIRKBY, Roger (c.1649-1709), of Kirkby Ireleth, Lancs.

Main residence: Kirkby Ireleth, Lancs.

Author

E.C.

R.D.H.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

KIRKBY, Roger (c.1649-1709)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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