William Bromley (of Holt Castle)

William Bromley (26 June 1656 – 5 August 1707) was an English Whig politician, MP for Worcester and Worcestershire.

Bromley was the son of Henry Bromley MP and his wife Mercy Pytts, daughter of Edward Pytts MP.[1]

He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford, in 1673, aged 17, and entered the Middle Temple in 1674.[2]

Bromley served as MP for Worcester 1685–1700, and became a consistent supporter of the Whig Junto of Sir John Somers, for a time his fellow MP for Worcester.[1]

Bromley was elected knight of the shire for Worcestershire in November 1701. He was defeated in 1702 – he declared himself "in a melancholy way since the election", and blamed the defeat on poor Whig party management. He was re-elected in 1705, serving until his death on 5 August 1707.[1]

Family

On 25 April 1675 he married Margaret Berkeley, daughter of Sir Rowland Berkeley MP. They had three daughters,[1] of which two outlived Bromley as his co-heirs:[3][4]

References
  1. "BROMLEY, William I (1656-1707), of Holt Castle, Worcs". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  2. Foster, Joseph (1891). Alumni Oxonienses: Bromley, William. Vol. 1. p. 187. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  3. Lodge, Edmund (1838). The Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage. p. 337. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  4. Bromley, Ian (2007). Bromley: A Midlands Family History. p. 138. ISBN 9781905237951. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
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