Family and Education
b. c. 1556, 1st s. of Sir Edward Unton by Anne (d.1588), da. of Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset; bro. of Henry. educ. Oriel, Oxf. by 1572, BA 1573. m. (1) Dorothy, da. of Sir Richard Knightley of Fawsley, Northants., s.p.; (2) 1579, Catherine, da. of Sir George Hastings, s.p. suc. fa. 1582.C142/203/61; Vis. Berks. (Harl. Soc. lvii), 222; J. G. Nichols, Unton Inventories, pp. xl-l.
Offices Held
J.p. Berks. and Oxon. from c. 1583; member, council of Munster 1587; capt. of Berkshire militia 1588; capt. on Portugal expedition 1589.
Main residences: Wadley, Berks.; Langley, Oxon.
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Commons 1558-1603
Web Title
UNTON, Edward (c.1556-89)
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Oxford 1644
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