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Owen Buckingham (1674–1720)

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On 5 March 1720 Buckingham went to a birthday celebration at Windsor given by a friend, William Aldworth. They both became intoxicated and hots words were exchanged, whereupon they went outside and had a fight in the dark. Buckingham received a fatal wound, but took the blame upon himself with his
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he was returned unopposed for Reading. He again acted as a teller and was an active opponent of the ministry's trade policy, voting against the French commerce bill in 1713. He was defeated at the
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in succession to his father. He acted as teller for the Whigs and supported the naturalization of the Palatines in 1709. He voted for the impeachment of Dr Sacheverell in 1710. |At the
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in 1717 and was returned without opposition at the ensuing by-election. He voted with the Administration on the repeal of the Occasional Conformity and Schism Acts and on the
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of Moulsford and of St. Mildred's, Bread Street, London, former Lord Mayor of London and Elizabeth, the first of his six wives. He was admitted to the
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Buckingham was returned for Reading at a by-election on 6 June 1716. He was appointed a
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in 1698. Later, he travelled abroad in Austria and Italy, and studied at
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Handley, Stuart (2002). D. Hayton; E. Cruickshanks; S. Handley (eds.).
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Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies
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between 1708 and 1720. He died in a drunken fight with a friend.
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The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690-1715
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House of Commons
Sir Owen Buckingham
Russia Company
Padua University
Member of Parliament
Reading
1708 British general election
1710 British general election
1713 British general election
Commissioner for victualling the Navy
Peerage Bill


"BUCKINGHAM, Owen (1674-1720), of Moulsford, Berks. and the Gatehouse, Reading Abbey"


"BUCKINGHAM, Owen (1674-1720), of Moulsford, Berks"
Parliament of Great Britain
Sir Owen Buckingham
Sir William Rich, Bt
Member of Parliament
Reading
1708
1713
Anthony Blagrave
John Dalby
Felix Calvert
Robert Clarges
Felix Calvert
Robert Clarges

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