WELD (WILD), Humphrey (1612-85), of Lulworth Castle, Dorset and Weld House, St. Giles in the Fields, Mdx.

Family and Education

b. 22 Jan. 1612, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir John Weld of Arnolds, Edmonton, Mdx. by Frances, da. of Sir William Whitmore of Apley Park, Salop. educ. Trinity Coll. Camb. 1629; I. Temple 1631; travelled abroad 1633-6. m. 1639, Clare (d.1691), da. of Thomas, and Baron Arundell of Wardour, 1da. suc. fa. 1622.C142/302/132.

Offices Held

Cup-bearer to Queen Henrietta Maria 1639 – ?44; gent. of the privy chamber 1668–?85.Carlisle, Privy Chamber, 182.

J.p. Dorset July 1660–79, Mdx. Aug. 1660–79, Cambs. 1677 – 79; gov. of Portland Sept. 1660–79; keeper of Sandsfoot Castle Sept. 1660–5; dep. lt. Dorset 1665 – 79; commr. for oyer and terminer, London 1661; freeman, Weymouth 1661; commr. for assessment, Mdx. 1661 – 79, Hants and Dorset 1663 – 64, Dorset 1667 – 79, Cambs. 1673 – 79, loyal and indigent officers, Mdx. 1662, foreshore, Dorset 1662; treasurer, corporation of the poor, Mdx. 1664; commr. for recusants, Hants Mar.-July 1675.CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 280; 1664–5, pp. 109–10; Weymouth corp. minute bk. f. 274; SP29/100/131; Cal. Treas. Bks. i. 584; LJ, xiii. 482–3.

Parlimentarian

WELD (WILD), Humphrey (1612-85), of Lulworth Castle, Dorset and Weld House, St. Giles in the Fields, Mdx.

Main residences: Lulworth Castle, Dorset; Weld House, St. Giles in the Fields, Mdx.

Notes

This biography is based on J. Berkeley, Lulworth and the Welds, 55-81.

Author

J.P.F.

Volume

Commons 1660-1690

Web Title

WELD (WILD), Humphrey (1612-85)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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