Philip Cary (MP for Woodstock)
English landowner and politician / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sir Philip Cary (c. 1579 ā 1631) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1614 and 1625.
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Philip Cary | |
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Member of Parliament for Woodstock | |
In office 1614-1625 | |
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Born | c. 1579 (1579) |
Died | 1631 (aged 51ā52) |
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Relatives | Henry Cary (brother) |
Education | Queen's College, Oxford |
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Cary was the son of Edward Cary of Berkhamsted Place, Hertfordshire. He matriculated at Queen's College, Oxford on 22 February 1594, aged 14. Cary was a student of Gray's Inn in 1590. He was knighted on 23 May 1605, In 1614, he was elected Member of Parliament for Woodstock and re-elected in 1621, 1624 and 1625.[1]
Cary held estates at Caddington, Bedfordshire and Hunslet, Yorkshire. He died at the age of about 52 and was buried at Aldenham on 13 June 1631.[1]