George Simeon
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Sir George Simeon was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons
House of Commons of England
The House of Commons of England was the lower house of the Parliament of England from its development in the 14th century to the union of England and Scotland in 1707, when it was replaced by the House of Commons of Great Britain...

 between 1614 and 1624.

Simeon was the son of John Simeon of Brightwell Baldwin
Brightwell Baldwin
Brightwell Baldwin is a village and civil parish in Oxfordshire, about northeast of Wallingford.-History:The Church of England parish church of Saint Bartholomew was built in the 14th century in the Decorated Gothic style. The chancel includes the remains of a 13th century lancet window, a remnant...

, Minigrove, Britwell Priory, Chilworth, and Stoke Talmage
Stoke Talmage
Stoke Talmage is a village and civil parish south of Thame in Oxfordshire.Stoke Talmage seems to have had a parish church since the 11th century, although the first clear historical reference to it dates from 1219. The Church of England parish church of Saint Mary Magdalene was restored in 1758....

 Oxfordshire and his wife Anne Molyns, daughter of Anthony Molyns. In 1611 he sold "The Howe" to his brother, later Sir John Simeon. In 1614, he was elected Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

 for Wallingford
Wallingford (UK Parliament constituency)
Wallingford was a constituency in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.It was a parliamentary borough created in 1295, centred on the market town Wallingford in Berkshire . It used to return two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons; this was cut to one in 1832, and...

. He was re-elected MP for Wallingford in 1621 and in 1624.

Simeon married Mary Vaux, daughter of the Hon. George Vaux, eldest son of William Vaux, 3rd Baron Vaux of Harrowden
William Vaux, 3rd Baron Vaux of Harrowden
William Vaux, 3rd Baron Vaux of Harrowden was an English peer, the son of Thomas Vaux, 2nd Baron Vaux of Harrowden. He succeeded his father as Baron Vaux of Harrowden in October 1556....

, and had two daughters, Anne and Elizabeth who married to Edmund Butler, 4th Viscount Mountgarret
Edmund Butler, 4th Viscount Mountgarret
Edmund Butler, 4th Viscount Mountgarret was the son of Richard, third viscount Mountgarret. He acceded to his title on the death of his father in 1651 and retained his lands in the north and east of Kilkenny while many others whose families had been involved in the Catholic Confederacy lost theirs...

. Simeon married secondly, Margaret Molyneux, daughter of Sir Richard Molyneux, 1st Baronet of Sefton, Lancashire and was succeeded by the youngest and only surviving son of five.
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