Family and Education
b. c. 1656, o.s. of John Rous I. educ. St. Catherine’s, Camb. 1672. m. (1) by 1676, Philippa (d.1685), da. of Thomas Bedingfield of Darsham, Suff. and coh. to her bro. Thomas, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da.; (2) lic. 8 Sept. 1686, Anne, da. and h. of Robert Wood of Kingston-upon-Thames, Surr., 6s. (2 d.v.p.) 3da. suc. fa. 27 Nov. 1670.Collins, Peerage, viii. 478-9; Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. lx), 124.
Offices Held
Lt.-col. of militia horse, Suff. 1676, col. 1680 – ?Apr. 1688, dep. lt. by 1676 – Apr. 1688, 1689 – ?94, sheriff 1678 – 79, commr. for assessment, Suff. 1679 – 80, 1689 – 90, Dunwich 1689, j.p. Suff. 1680 – July 1688, 1689 – 94, by 1701–?d.; alderman, Dunwich 1685-Oct. 1688.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Henham, Suff.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
ROUS, Sir John (c.1656-1730)
Will
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Oxford 1644
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