Edward Radclyffe, 6th Earl of Sussex

Edward Radclyffe
Edward Radclyffe
Member of Parliament for Bedfordshire
	In office; 1588-1589; 1597-1611
Member of Parliament for Portsmouth
	In office; 1593–1594
Member of Parliament for Petersfield
	In office; 1586-1587
Personal details
Born	c. 1559
Died	August 1643 (aged 83–84)
Spouse(s)	Elizabeth Petre; Jane Hynde (m. 1594); Eleanor Wortley (m. 1634)
Parent	Humphrey Radcliffe (father);
Relatives	Thomas Radcliffe (brother); Mary Radcliffe (sister); Robert Radcliffe (grandfather); Elizabeth Stafford (grandmother); Robert Radclyffe (cousin)

Edward Radclyffe, 6th Earl of Sussex (c. 1559 – August 1643) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1586 and 1611 and later succeeded to a peerage.

Biography

Radclyffe was the son of Sir Humphrey Radclyffe and his wife Isabel Harvey. He was the grandson of Robert Radcliffe, 1st Earl of Sussex and Elizabeth Stafford, Countess of Sussex.

In 1586, he was elected Member of Parliament for Petersfield. He was elected MP for Bedfordshire in 1588 and for Portsmouth in 1593. He was elected MP for Bedfordshire again in 1597, 1601 and 1604.^[1] He was appointed Sheriff of Bedfordshire in 1598.^[1]

Radclyffe was knighted around 1594 and inherited the earldom from his cousin Robert Radclyffe, 5th Earl of Sussex in 1629.^{[citation needed]}

Radclyffe had married three times: first, Elizabeth Petre, the daughter of Sir William Petre of Ingatestone, Essex and widow of John Gostwick of Willington; secondly (1594) Jane, daughter of Francis Hynde of Madingley, Cambridgeshire and widow of John Catesby of Newnham in Goldington; and thirdly (1634) Eleanor, the daughter of Sir Richard Wortley of Wortley, Yorkshire and the widow of Sir Henry Lee, Bt., of Quarrendon, Buckinghamshire. Eleanor outlived him by many years and made two further marriages. He died impoverished and intestate. The earldom became extinct.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Radcliffe, Edward (died 1643), of Elstow, Bedfordshire". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 30 July 2019.

Parliament of England
Preceded by Sir Henry Weston Edmund Marvyn	Member of Parliament for Petersfield 1586–1587 With: Edmund Marvyn	Succeeded by Sir Benjamin Tichborne Edmund Marvyn
Preceded by Thomas Snagge George Rotheram	Member of Parliament for Bedfordshire 1588–1589 With: Oliver St John	Succeeded by George Rotheram Oliver St John
Preceded by Thomas Harris Thomas Thorney	Member of Parliament for Portsmouth 1593–1594 With: Thomas Thorney	Succeeded by William Greene Thomas Thorney
Preceded by George Rotheram Oliver St John	Member of Parliament for Bedfordshire 1597–1611 With: Nicholas Luke 1597–1598 Oliver St John 1601–1611	Succeeded by Sir Henry Grey Sir Oliver Luke
Political offices
Preceded by Thomas Cheyney	High Sheriff of Bedfordshire 1598–1599	Succeeded by William Butler
Peerage of England
Preceded by Robert Radclyffe	Earl of Sussex 1629–1643	Extinct

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[HOP-1] "Radcliffe, Edward (died 1643), of Elstow, Bedfordshire". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 30 July 2019.

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