ERNLE, Sir John (c.1620-97), of Bury Blunsdon and Whetham House, Calne, Wilts.

Family and Education

b. c. 1620, 2nd but o. surv. s. of John Ernle of Whetham House, by Philadelphia, da. of Sir Arthur Hopton of Witham Friary, Som. m. (1) settlement, 1 Mar. 1646, Susan, da. of Sir John Howe, 1st Bt.†, of Little Compton, Withington, Glos., 2s. d.v.p. 7da.; (2) 19 Sept. 1672, Elizabeth (d. 1691), da. of William, 1st Baron Allington of Killard [I], wid. of Charles Seymour†, 2nd Baron Seymour, 2da. Kntd. Nov. 1665; suc. fa. 1684. Vis. Wilts. (Harl. Soc. cv-cvi), 57; Le Neve’s Knights (Harl. Soc. viii), 200; Westminster Abbey Reg. (Harl. Soc. x), 8; CJ, viii. 543.

Offices Held

Sub-commr. prizes, Bristol 1664–6; freeman, Windsor 1679. HMC 6th Rep. 338; HMC Var. iv. 132.

Commr. navy 1671–6, accounts, loyal and indigent officers 1671; chancellor of the Exchequer 1676–89; PC 10 May 1676–Dec. 1688; ld. of Admiralty 1677–9; ld. of Treasury 1679–85, 1687–9; commr. Tangier 1680–4. CSP Dom. 1671, pp. 288, 324; 1676–7, p. 71; 1677–8, p. 136; HMC 6th Rep. 378; HMC Ormonde, n.s. viii. 347; HMC Finch, ii. 28.

Parlimentarian

ERNLE (EARNLEY), John (c.1620-97), of Burytown, Blunsdon, Wilts.

Main residence: Bury Blunsdon and Whetham House, Calne, Wilts.

Author

P.W.

H.J.L.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

ERNLE, Sir John (c.1620-97)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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