Arthur Ingram
English politician (c. 1565 – 1642) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sir Arthur Ingram (c. 1565 – 1642) was an English investor, landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1610 and 1642.[1][2] The subject of an influential biography,[3] he has been celebrated for his "financial skill and ruthless self-interest",[4] and characterized as "a rapacious, plausible swindler who ruined many during a long and successful criminal career".[5] Probably of London birth but of Yorkshire background, he was a very extensive landowner in Yorkshire. He acquired and rebuilt the former Lennox residence at Temple Newsam near Leeds, which became the principal seat of his family, including the Lords Ingram, Viscount Irvine and their descendants, for over 300 years.[6]
Sir Arthur Ingram | |
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Born | c. 1565 |
Died | 1642 (1643) York |
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Children | 6 sons, 1 daughter |
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Member of Parliament for York | |
In office 1624–1629 | |