William Bromley (of Holt Castle)
William Bromley (26 June 1656 – 5 August 1707) was an English Whig politician, MP for Worcester and Worcestershire.
Bromley was the son of Henry Bromley MP and his wife Mercy Pytts, daughter of Edward Pytts MP.[1]
He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford in 1673, aged 17, and entered the Middle Temple in 1674.[2]
Bromley served as MP for Worcester 1685–1700, and became a consistent supporter of the Whig Junto of Sir John Somers, for a time his fellow MP for Worcester.[1]
Bromley was elected knight of the shire for Worcestershire in November 1701. He was defeated in 1702 – he declared himself "in a melancholy way since the election", and blamed the defeat on poor Whig party management. He was re-elected in 1705, serving until his death on 5 August 1707.[1]
Family
On 25 April 1675 he married Margaret Berkeley, daughter of Sir Rowland Berkeley MP. They had three daughters,[1] of which two outlived Bromley as his co-heirs:[3][4]
- Mercy Bromley, married John Bromley MP
- Dorothy Bromley, married firstly Clobery Bromley MP, secondly John Jennings of Hayes
References
- ^ a b c d "BROMLEY, William I (1656-1707), of Holt Castle, Worcs". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ Foster, Joseph (1891). Alumni Oxonienses: Bromley, William. Vol. 1. p. 187. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ Lodge, Edmund (1838). The Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage. p. 337. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- ^ Bromley, Ian (2007). Bromley: A Midlands Family History. p. 138. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- 1656 births
- 1707 deaths
- Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford
- Members of the Middle Temple
- Whig (British political party) MPs for English constituencies
- English MPs 1685–1687
- English MPs 1689–1690
- English MPs 1690–1695
- English MPs 1695–1698
- English MPs 1698–1700
- English MPs 1701–1702
- English MPs 1705–1707
- Members of the Parliament of England for Worcestershire