Kenrick Eyton

Sir Kenrick Eyton (c 1607 - 21 November 1681) was a Welsh lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660. He fought in the Royalist army in the English Civil War.

Eyton was the son of Sir Gerard Eyton of Eyton, Denbighshire. He was called to the bar. He joined the Royalist army and was one of the commissioners to arrange the surrender of Denbigh Castle to General Mytton on 14 October 1646.^[1]

In 1660, Eyton was elected Member of Parliament for Flintshire in the Convention Parliament.^[2] He was appointed King's Attorney at Chester in August 1660 and Prothonotary and Clerk of the Crown for Denbighshire and Montgomery in July 1661. In 1670 he was appointed Second Justice of the Great Sessions for Anglesey, Carnarvon and Merioneth.^[1] He was knighted on 13 April 1675.^[3]

Eyton married Eleanor Mutton, daughter of Sir Peter Mutton of Llanerch.

References

^ ^a ^b W R Williams The Parliamentary History of the Principality of Wales
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "F"
^ Knights of England

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Name	Eyton, Kenrick
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Date of birth	1607
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Date of death	1681
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