Peter Mews of Hinton Admiral

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Peter Mews of Hinton Admiral was born about 1673. He was educated at St. John's College, Oxford. He was appointed Chancellor of Winchester Diocese in 1698 by his uncle (Bishop Peter Mews), a post he held until his death in March 1725/6. He was knighted 13 July 1712. He was the Member of Parliament for Christchurch from 1710 until his death.

Mews bought the manors of Christchurch and Westover from the Earl of Clarendon in 1708, having previously settled in the area with his purchase of the manor of Hinton Admiral. He married at Westminster Abbey in 1719. His wife was Lydia Jarvis, whose several sisters' descendants subsequently inherited the estates, Mews having died without issue.

Peter Mews was the son of John Mews, who as a supporter of Cromwell was a colonel in the London Militia. Peter Mews and his uncle were fervent royalists.

Hampshire County Record Office, "Rose estate, Christchurch" [2M/30]; Herbert Druitt "A Christchurch Miscellany"; Registers of Westminster Abbey; Alumni Oxonienses; History of Parliament – The Commons 1690-1715 [Cambridge University Press]