Sir Hugh Owen, 1st Baronet

Sir Hugh Owen, 1st Baronet (4 May 1604 - October 1670) was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1626 and 1660. He sided originally with the Parliamentarian side in the English Civil War, but the strength of his allegiance was in doubt.

Owen was the son of John Owen and his wife Dorothy Laugharne, daughter of Rowland Laugharne of St Brides.[1]

Owne was elected Member of Parliament for Pembroke in 1626 and again in 1628, sitting until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.[2] He was appointed High Sheriff of Pembrokeshire in 1633.[1]

In April 1640, Owen was elected MP for Haverfordwest in the Short Parliament. In November 1640 he was elected MP for Pembroke again for the Long Parliament.[2] He was created baronet of Orielton in the County of Pembroke on 11 August 1641 and was Custos Rotulorum of Anglesey from 1642 to 1643.

At the beginning of the Civil War Owen supported the Parliamentary cause with his cousin Rowland Laugharne and John Poyer at Pembroke. In February 1644, he was imprisoned by Sir Henry Vaughan after the Royalist defeat at Pill, Milford Haven. It is said that he abandoned Pembrokeshire for Anglesey and went to the king at Oxford. However he remained in parliament until 1648. He was High Sheriff again under the Protectorate in 1654.[1] In March 1660 Owen was re-elected MP for Pembroke for the Convention Parliament.[3]

Owen married firstly Frances Philipps, daughter of Sir John Philipps, 1st Baronet of Picton castle, and secondly Catherine Lloyd, daughter of Sir Evan Lloyd of Yale, Denbighshire.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Welsh Biography Online Owen Family of Orielton
  2. ^ a b 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
  3. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 1)
Parliament of England
Preceded by
Lewis Powell		 Member of Parliament for Pembroke
1626-1629		 Succeeded by
Parliament suspended until 1640
Preceded by
Parliament suspended since 1629		 Member of Parliament for Haverfordwest
1640		 Succeeded by
John Stepney
Preceded by
John Stepney		 Member of Parliament for Pembroke
1640-1648		 Succeeded by
Not represented in Rump Parliament
Preceded by
Not represented in restored Rump		 Member of Parliament for Pembroke
1660		 Succeeded by
Rowland Laugharne