Sir Giles Hungerford (25 September 1614 – 7 March 1685) of

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, Wiltshire was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the

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between 1660 and 1685. Hungerford was the son of Anthony Hungerford of

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, Oxfordshire. He subscribed at

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on 11 November 1631 and was called to the bar at

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in 1641.Horrobin-Hyte
Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp. 748-784. Accessed 14 February 2015 He was the brother of

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and half brother of

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who were on opposite sides during the

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. In 1660, Hungerford was elected Member of Parliament for Whitchurch in the Convention Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Whitchurch in 1661 for the

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and sat until 1679.History of Parliament Online – Hungerford, Giles
/ref> He was knighted on 27 November 1676. In 1679 he was elected MP for

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but was so rigorously challenged by his opponents that he never took his seat. Hungerford died at the age of 70 and has a memorial in Salisbury cathedral. He married twice: firstly in 1654 Frances, the daughter of Sir George Croke of Waterstock, Oxfordshire, coheiress to her brother Thomas and widow of Richard Jervoise of Freefolk; and secondly by 1673 Margaret, the daughter of Sir Thomas Hampson, 1st Baronet of Taplow, Buckinghamshire. His only child, his daughter Margaret (by his second wife), to whom he left his estates, married

Robert Sutton, 2nd Baron Lexinton Robert Sutton, 2nd Baron Lexington PC (6 January 166219 September 1723) was an English diplomat. Family He was the son of Robert Sutton, 1st Baron Lexington and his third wife Mary St. Leger. On 14 September 1691, he married Margaret, (d. Apr ...

in 1691.

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1614 births 1685 deaths People from Whitchurch, Hampshire People from Oxfordshire 17th-century English lawyers Politicians from Wiltshire Alumni of the University of Oxford Members of the Middle Temple English MPs 1660 English MPs 1661–1679 English MPs 1680–1681 Giles {{1680-England-MP-stub