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Richard Onslow (Parliamentarian)

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109:), was left in the hands of overseers to provide annuities for the sisters in their minorities, and then to be sold by them, with an option for Thomas Onslow to purchase for £2000 within three years. On 10 September 1616 Thomas Onslow and his mother settled the manors of Cranleigh, Knowle, Holdhurst and Utworth (lying also in Guildford, Hascombe and Cranleigh) on his intended marriage with Mary daughter of Sir Samuel Lennard. However he died childless in December 1616, possibly before the marriage itself took place. Richard's three sisters, all unmarried at their father's death, proceeded to respectable marriages. 89:
on 30 July 1601. He had an elder brother Thomas (the heir), and three sisters. His father died in 1615, appointing Elizabeth his executrix and residuary legatee. To Richard was bequeathed an annuity of £100 per annum from manors and estates in Gloucestershire.
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for eleven years. In 1630 his mother Elizabeth died leaving him all her freehold land and the residue of her estate, and giving a silver chafing-dish to Richard's wife. In November 1638 he was a deputy-lieutenant for the county of Surrey.
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in December 1648. In 1650 he recommenced a series of transactions which led much later (1711) to the acquisition of the manor of West Clandon. In 1654, he was elected again MP for Surrey in the
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in 1618. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Arthur Strangways, produced his first child by 1621, and was knighted on 2 June 1624. In 1628 he was elected
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Sir Richard married Elizabeth Strangeways (c. 1601 – 27 August 1679), daughter and heir of Arthur Strangeways. They had fourteen children:
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Memoirs of several persons and families... allied to or descended from... the Protectorate-House of Cromwell
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and sat until his death in 1664. He was elected one of the original Bailiffs to the board of the
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at the start of hostilities, then raised a regiment for Parliament, leading his men at the
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Richard Onslow (1632–c. 1712), married Abigail Reynardson, without issue, member of the
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Elizabeth Onslow (1624 – aft. 1678), married first John Berney of Swardeston and second
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1. Onslow: Argent, a fesse gules between 6 "falcons" sable, belled and armed or.
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Being of moderate views, he was one of the members excluded from Parliament in
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John Onslow (12 September 1636 – April 1663), died unmarried, member of the
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History of the Drainage of the Great Level of the Fens Called ..., Volume 1
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Sir Henry Onslow (1621–c. 1667), married Jane Stidolph and had issue
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blazons for Onslow: Argent a fesse gules between 6 Cornish choughs.
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Crest (Onslow): A falcon as in the arms, preying on a partridge or.
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and the grandfather of another, both also called Richard Onslow.
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His death in 1664 took place in mysterious circumstances at
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A portrait of Sir Richard Onslow, painted in the style of
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at various times between 1628 and 1664. He fought on the
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The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1660-1690
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Howard, Joseph Jackson; Crisp, Frederick Arthur (1903).
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shows arms for this family as follows, Quarterly of six:
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When the Civil War broke out in 1642, he commanded the
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Onslow was elected MP for Surrey in April 1640 for the
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in London. It was announced to have been owing to an "
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and was now re-emparked: he purchased Temple House at
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in 1663, a position he held briefly until his death.
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3. Frankton: Gules, on a chevron or 3 mullets sable.
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The History and Antiquities of the County of Surrey
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5. Houghton: Azure, three bars and a canton argent.
211:He returned to the Commons in April 1660 as MP for 291:4. Bond: Argent, on a chevron sable three bezants. 191:. He was re-elected MP for Surrey in 1656 for the 352:Mary Onslow (b. 1638), married Sir George Freeman 530:'Parishes: West Clandon', in H.E. Malden (ed.), 370:Thomas Onslow (1633 – aft. 1664), died unmarried 651:Concise Dictionary of National Biography (1930) 337:(1622–1688), also MP for Guildford and Surrey 112:Richard matriculated as a Fellow-Commoner at 8: 169:of Merrow church, but not the Temple manor. 30:For other people called Richard Onslow, see 661:(Birmingham: Pearson & Rollason, 1784) 411:Onslow, 'Sir Richard Onslow (1603-1664)', 586:Memoirs of the Life of Colonel Hutchinson 358:Jane Onslow (1631 – 5 May 1729), married 427: 425: 355:John Onslow (c. January – February 1630) 526: 524: 522: 404: 376:Catherine Onslow (1636–1659), married 153:. In 1642, the lodge in Clandon Park, 588:(George Bell and Sons, London 1884), 548: 546: 544: 456: 454: 7: 622:'Sir Richard Onslow (1601-1664)' at 506:"Onslow, Richard (1601-1664)"  419:(archaeologydataservice.ac.uk pdf). 687:Alumni of Jesus College, Cambridge 584:L. Hutchinson, ed. J. Hutchinson, 287:2. Kynaston: Argent, a lion sable. 263:had recently been imprisoned as a 69:Onslow was the younger son of Sir 25: 737:Members of Cromwell's Other House 609:, citing O. Manning and W. Bray, 603:Surrey Archaeological Collections 534:, Vol. 3 (V.C.H., London 1911), 532:A History of the County of Surrey 515:. 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Vol. 5. p. 191. 394:one other child, died young 225:Restoration of the Monarchy 758: 389:Denzil Onslow (of Pyrford) 373:Dorothy Onslow (1635–1642) 128:, and sat until 1629 when 29: 601:Major Heales, 'Cranley', 281:Surrey Visitation of 1623 233:Bedford Level Corporation 221:Sir Anthony Ashley-Cooper 707:English MPs 1640 (April) 114:Jesus College, Cambridge 97:(with lands in Bramley, 697:Surrey Militia officers 473:J. Venn and J.A. 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Index

Sir Richard Onslow
Richard Onslow
House of Commons
Parliamentary side
English Civil War
Speaker of the House of Commons
Edward Onslow
Cranleigh
Thomas Shirley
Wiston, West Sussex
baptized
Bramley
Shalford
Wonersh
Dunsfold
Jesus College, Cambridge
Lincoln's Inn
Member of Parliament
Surrey
King Charles I
rule without parliament
Short Parliament
Long Parliament
West Clandon
Richard Weston
Merrow
advowson
Surrey Trained Bands
siege of Basing House
Pride's Purge

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