Thomas Berkeley

For other people named Thomas Berkeley, see Thomas Berkeley (disambiguation).

Sir Thomas Berkeley
Spouse(s)	Elizabeth Carey
Issue George Berkeley, 8th Baron Berkeley
Noble family	Berkeley
Father	Henry Berkeley, 7th Baron Berkeley
Mother	Katherine Howard
Born	11 July 1575
Died	22 November 1611

Sir Thomas Berkeley (11 July 1575 – 22 November 1611) was the son and heir apparent of Henry Berkeley, 7th Baron Berkeley, and a Member of Parliament for Gloucestershire from 1604 until 1611.

Family

Thomas Berkeley was the son of Henry Berkeley, 7th Baron Berkeley (d. 26 November 1613), by his first wife, Katherine Howard (d. 7 April 1596), third daughter of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, and Frances de Vere, daughter of John de Vere, 15th Earl of Oxford, and Elizabeth Trussell.

Career

Berkeley matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford, on 27 June 1590 at the age of 14. On 2 February 1589 he entered Gray's Inn. He was created a Knight of the Bath on 25 July 1603 at the coronation of King James I. In 1604 he was elected Member of Parliament for Gloucestershire.

Berkeley died on 22 November 1611 at the age of 37.

Marriage and issue

Berkeley married Elizabeth Carey, daughter and sole heir of George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon, and his wife, Elizabeth Spencer, by whom he had an only son, George Berkeley, 8th Baron Berkeley, baptized 26 October 1601 at Low Leyton, Essex.

References

Parliament of England
Preceded by Sir Edward Wynter John Throckmorton	Member of Parliament for Gloucestershire 1604–1611 With: Sir Richard Berkeley 1604 John Throckmorton	Succeeded by Sir William Cooke Richard Berkeley