Difference between revisions of "Owen Buckingham ca.1649-1713"
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*[http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/buckingham-sir-owen-1649-1713 History of Parliament]. | *[http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/buckingham-sir-owen-1649-1713 History of Parliament]. | ||
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Revision as of 04:36, 23 July 2020
Sir Owen BUCKINGHAM ca.1649-1713
Biographical Note
Younger son of George Buckingham of Stanwell, Middlesex, innkeeper. His education is not known but "he appears to have risen by dint of his own ability and a series of judicious marriages" (History of Parliament); he was a liveryman of the Butchers' Company by 1680, was later described as a salter, and became wealthy. He became involved in City politics during the 1680s, became a common councilman in 1689, a sheriff in 1695, alderman for Bishopsgate in 1698 and Lord Mayor in 1704. MP for Reading 1698-1708, affiliated with the Whigs. He was knighted in 1695 and in 1706 he purchased estates near Reading.
Books
Buckingham had an engraved armorial bookplate, dated 1705 (Franks *731), but the extent of his library is not known. His will has no mention of books; the bulk of his estate was left to his only son Owen, who succeeded him as MP for Reading, and who was killed in a duel in 1720.
Characteristic Markings
None of Buckingham's books have been identified.
Sources
- Will of Owen Buckingham, The National Archives PROB 11/532/368.
- History of Parliament.
- Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903.