TRUMBULL, Sir William (1639-1716), of Easthampstead Park, Berks.

Family and Education

b. 12 Aug. 1639, 1st s. of William Trumbull of Easthampstead Park, clerk of the signet 1661-78, by 1st w. Elizabeth, da. of George Rudolph Weckherlin, Latin sec. to Charles I. educ. Wokingham 1649-55; St. John’s, Oxf. 1655, BCL 1659, DCL 1667; M. Temple 1657; travelled abroad (France, Italy) 1664-6; advocate, Doctors’ Commons 1668. m. (1) 24 Nov. 1670, Katherine (d. 8 July 1704), da. of Sir Charles Cotterell of Westminster, s.p.; (2) Oct. 1706, Lady Judith Alexander, da. of Henry, 4th Earl of Stirling [S], 1s. 1da. suc. fa. 1678; Kntd. 1 Nov. 1684.DNB; CSP Dom. 1678, p. 61.

Offices Held

Fellow of All Souls 1657 – ?70; chancellor, Rochester dioc. 1671 – 87; commr. for assessment, Kent 1673 – 74, Berks. and London 1679 – 80; freeman, Portsmouth 1683; commr. for rebuilding of St. Paul’s 1692; j.p. and dep. lt. Berks. by 1701 – d.; verderer, Windsor forest by 1704–?d.Arch. Cant. xxiv. 169–70; R. East, Portsmouth Recs. 367; CSP Dom. 1691–2, p. 247; 1702–3, p. 313; Pope’s Poems ed. Audra and Williams, i. 125–6.

Clerk of the signet 1683 – d.; judge-advocate of the fleet 1683; clerk of deliveries, Ordnance Feb. – Nov. 1685; ambassador to France 1685 – 86, Turkey 1687 – 91; ld. of Treasury 1694 – 95; PC 3 May 1695; sec. of state (north) 1695 – 97; gov. of Hudson’s Bay Co. 1696 – 1700, Levant Co. 1696–1710.CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 245; 1661–2, p. 67; Jan.-June 1683, p. 16; 1684–5, p. 304; 1685, pp. 311, 379; 1686–7, p. 382; 1689–90, p. 138; 1694–5, pp. 118, 453; 1695, p. 351; Pepys Jnls. ed. Smith, i. 325–6, 423; A. C. Wood, Hist. Levant Co. 130–1, 255; E. E. Rich, Hudson’s Bay Co. (Hudson’s Bay Rec. Soc. xxi), 340, 375.

FRS 1692.

Parlimentarian

TRUMBULL, Sir William (1639-1716), of Easthampstead Park, Berks.

Main residence: Easthampstead Park, Berks.

Author

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B.D.H.

Volume

Commons 1660-1690

Web Title

TRUMBULL, Sir William (1639-1716)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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