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Nicholas Walshe (English politician)

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Nicholas Walshe (d. 1568) of Little Sodbury and Olveston, Gloucestershire was an English politician.[1]

Family

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He was a younger son of Maurice Walshe of Little Sodbury.[1] In 1556 he survived a fireball that struck the house and killed his father and elder siblings.[2] He married Mary, daughter of Sir John Berkeley of Stoke Gifford.[3] He died in his thirties in 1568, leaving his three-year-old son Henry as heir.[1] His wife subsequently married Sir William Herbert of Swansea, while his son died in a duel.[3]

Career

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He was a justice of the peace by 1559, served as sheriff of Gloucestershire in 1561/2 and was chosen as Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Gloucestershire in 1563.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d WALSHE, Nicholas (c.1534-68), of Little Sodbury and Olveston, Glos. History of Parliament. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  2. ^ Stenhoff, Mark (1999). Ball Lightning. p. 73.
  3. ^ a b Smyth, John (1883). The Lives of the Berkeleys Volume 2. p. 182.
Parliament of England
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Gloucestershire
1563
With: Richard Denys
Succeeded by