Nicholas Walshe (English politician)

Nicholas Walshe (d. 1568) of Little Sodbury and Olveston, Gloucestershire was an English politician.^[1]

Family

He was a younger son of Maurice Walshe of Little Sodbury.^[1] In 1556 he survived a fireball that struck the house and killed his father and elder siblings.^[2] He married Mary, daughter of Sir John Berkeley of Stoke Gifford.^[3] He died in his thirties in 1568, leaving his three-year-old son Henry as heir.^[1] His wife subsequently married Sir William Herbert of Swansea, while his son died in a duel.^[3]

Career

He was a justice of the peace by 1559, served as sheriff of Gloucestershire in 1561/2 and was chosen as Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Gloucestershire in 1563.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d WALSHE, Nicholas (c.1534-68), of Little Sodbury and Olveston, Glos. History of Parliament. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
^ Stenhoff, Mark (1999). Ball Lightning. p. 73.
^ ^a ^b Smyth, John (1883). The Lives of the Berkeleys Volume 2. p. 182.

Parliament of England
Preceded by Henry Jerningham Walter Denys	Member of Parliament for Gloucestershire 1563 With: Richard Denys	Succeeded by Giles Poole Nicholas Poyntz

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[MP-1] WALSHE, Nicholas (c.1534-68), of Little Sodbury and Olveston, Glos. History of Parliament. Retrieved 11 November 2022.

[2] Stenhoff, Mark (1999). Ball Lightning. p. 73.

[smyth-3] Smyth, John (1883). The Lives of the Berkeleys Volume 2. p. 182.

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