Charles Glemham
Sir Charles Glemham (c. 1577–1625) was an English courtier and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1621 to 1625.
Glemham was the son of Christopher Glemham of Glemham, Suffolk. He matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford on 4 May 1593, aged 16.
In 1621, he was elected Member of Parliament for Aldeburgh. In 1622 he had licence to travel to the East Indies. He was elected MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme in 1624 and Aldeburgh for a second time in the Useless Parliament of 1625.[1]
He was knighted on 6 May 1625 and was Master of the Household in 1625.[2]
He died at Plymouth in September 1625.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "GLEMHAM, Charles (c.1577-1625), of Whitehall; formerly of Benhall, Suff". History of Parliament. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
- ^ 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Gilpin-Greenhaugh', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp. 569-599. Date accessed: 22 December 2011
- ^ William Shaw & G. Dyfnallt Owen, HMC 77 Viscount De L'Isle Penshurst, vol. 5 (London, 1961), p. 440.