Francis Berkeley (MP)

Francis Berkeley (born ca. 1583) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1614 and 1624.

Berkeley was of Shropshire. He matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford on 16 February 1599, aged 15, and again on 14 July 1602 when he was awarded BA the next day. He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1612. In 1614, he was elected Member of Parliament for Shrewsbury. He was re-elected MP for Shrewsbury in 1621 and in 1624.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Bennell-Bloye', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp. 106-141. Date accessed: 22 December 2011
Parliament of England
Preceded by
Richard Barker
Francis Tate		 Member of Parliament for Shrewsbury
1614-1624
With: Lewis Prowde 1614
Sir Richard Newport 1621-1622
Thomas Owen 1624		 Succeeded by
Sir William Owen
Thomas Owen