Sir Walter Moyle (9 March 1627 – 19 September 1701) was an English politician who sat in the

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at various times between 1656 and 1660. Moyle was the son of John Moyle of

Bake, Cornwall Bake () is a Hamlet (place), hamlet in the civil parish of Deviock, in south-east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is west of St Germans, Cornwall, St Germans at , south-west of the A38 road, A38/A374 road, A374 Trerulefoot roundabout.Or ...

. He was educated at

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and at

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. In 1654, Moyle was elected Member of Parliament for

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in the

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and was re-elected in 1656 for the

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. In 1659 he was elected MP for

Lostwithiel Lostwithiel (; ) is a civil parish and small town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom at the head of the estuary of the River Fowey. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 2,739, increasing to 2,899 at the 2011 census. The Lostwi ...

in the

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. In 1660, Moyle was elected MP for Lostwithiel in the Convention Parliament. He was knighted at Whitehall on 4 February 1664. Moyle died in 1701 at the age of 74. Moyle married Thomasine Morice, daughter of Sir William Morice, the Secretary of State. His son

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was a political writer.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Moyle, Walter 1627 births 1701 deaths Alumni of Exeter College, Oxford Members of the Inner Temple People from St Germans, Cornwall English MPs 1654–1655 English MPs 1656–1658 English MPs 1659 English MPs 1660 Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Cornwall Members of the Parliament of England for Lostwithiel