Walter Overbury
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Walter Overbury was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons
at various times between 1621 and 1626.
Overbury was the son of Sir Nicholas Overbury of Bourton-on-Hill, Gloucestershire and his wife Mary Palmer. His father was Chief Justice of the Great Sessions for Carmarthenshire, Cardiganshire, and Pembrokeshire in 1610, and Recorder of Gloucester from 1603 to 1626. Overbury matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford
on 16 June 1610, aged 18 and was awarded BA on 21 February 1612. He was called to the Bar at the Middle Temple
in 1617. In 1621, he was elected Member of Parliament
for Cardigan
. He was elected MP for Cardigan again in 1626. In 1628 he was Registrar of Assurances in the City of london.
Overbury died at the age of about 45 and was buried at Bourton-on-Hill on 6 April 1637.
Overbury married firstly by licence dated 6 November 1621 Mary Pinchion daughter of Sir Edward Pinchion of Writtle, Essex. He married secondly by licence dated 21 June 1627 Magdalen Grimston, widow. He was brother of Sir Thomas Overbury
, who was poisoned in the Tower of London
on 19 October 1615
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...
at various times between 1621 and 1626.
Overbury was the son of Sir Nicholas Overbury of Bourton-on-Hill, Gloucestershire and his wife Mary Palmer. His father was Chief Justice of the Great Sessions for Carmarthenshire, Cardiganshire, and Pembrokeshire in 1610, and Recorder of Gloucester from 1603 to 1626. Overbury matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford
Magdalen College, Oxford
Magdalen College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. As of 2006 the college had an estimated financial endowment of £153 million. Magdalen is currently top of the Norrington Table after over half of its 2010 finalists received first-class degrees, a record...
on 16 June 1610, aged 18 and was awarded BA on 21 February 1612. He was called to the Bar at the Middle Temple
Middle Temple
The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, commonly known as Middle Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court exclusively entitled to call their members to the English Bar as barristers; the others being the Inner Temple, Gray's Inn and Lincoln's Inn...
in 1617. In 1621, 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 Cardigan
Cardigan (UK Parliament constituency)
The Cardigan District of Boroughs was a parliamentary constituency in Wales which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and its predecessors, from 1542 until it was abolished for the 1885 general election...
. He was elected MP for Cardigan again in 1626. In 1628 he was Registrar of Assurances in the City of london.
Overbury died at the age of about 45 and was buried at Bourton-on-Hill on 6 April 1637.
Overbury married firstly by licence dated 6 November 1621 Mary Pinchion daughter of Sir Edward Pinchion of Writtle, Essex. He married secondly by licence dated 21 June 1627 Magdalen Grimston, widow. He was brother of Sir Thomas Overbury
Thomas Overbury
Sir Thomas Overbury was an English poet and essayist, and the victim of one of the most sensational crimes in English history...
, who was poisoned in the Tower of London
Tower of London
Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress, more commonly known as the Tower of London, is a historic castle on the north bank of the River Thames in central London, England. It lies within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, separated from the eastern edge of the City of London by the open space...
on 19 October 1615