Sir Edward Hales, 1st Baronet

Sir Edward Hales, 1st Baronet (1576 - 1654) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1625 and 1648. He supported the Parliamentarian side in the English Civil War.

Hales was the son of William Hales of Tenterden and his wife Elizabeth Johnson, daughter of Paul Johnson of Fordwich.[1] He was created baronet by King James I on 29 June 1611.[2]

In 1625, Hales was elected Member of Parliament for Queenborough for one parliament and then in 1626 was elected MP for Kent for one parliament. In April 1640 he was re-elected MP for Queenborough for the Short Parliament. He was elected again in November 1640 for the Long Parliament and held the seat until 1648 when he was excluded under Pride's Purge.[3]

Hales died at the age of 78.

Hales married firstly Deborah Harlakenden daughter of Martin Harlakenden of Woodchurch and through her acquired the Woodchurch estates. He married secondly estate Martha Cromer, daughter of Sir Matthew Carew, and widow of Sir James Cromer of Tunstall, Kent and through her acquired the Tunstall estates. He had children by his first wife including a son Sir John Hales who predeceased him and he was succeeded by his grandson Sir Edward Hales, 2nd Baronet . The latter was a Royalist and supporter of King Charles I, who attempted to raise an army for the King in Kent and was involved in an attempt to free the King when he was imprisoned at Carisbrooke Castle. Having incurred the wrath of both parliament and his grandfather the future second baronet fled to the Netherlands.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Rev R. Cox Hales Brief notes on the Hales family Archaeologia Cantiana Vol. 14 -1882
  2. ^ Debrett's Baronetage of England
  3. ^ Browne WIllis Notitia parliamentaria, or, An history of the counties, cities, and boroughs in England and Wales: ... The whole extracted from mss. and printed evidences 1750 pp229-239
Parliament of England
Preceded by
Roger Palmer
Sir Robert Pooley		 Member of Parliament for Queenborough
1625
With: Roger Palmer		 Succeeded by
Roger Palmer
Sir Robert Pooley
Preceded by
Mildmay Lord Buckhurst
Sir Albert Moreton		 Member of Parliament for Kent
1626
With: Sir Edward Scott		 Succeeded by
Sir Thomas Finch
Sir Dudley Diggs
Preceded by
Parliament suspended since 1629		 Member of Parliament for Queenborough
1640-1645
With: Sir John Wolstenholme, 1st Baronet
William Harrison
Sir Michael Livesey		 Succeeded by
Augustine Garland
Sir Michael Livesey