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===[[personal title::Sir]] [[name::Owen]] [[name::BUCKINGHAM]] ca.[[date of birth::1649]]-[[date of death::1713]]=== | ===[[personal title::Sir]] [[name::Owen]] [[name::BUCKINGHAM]] ca.[[date of birth::1649]]-[[date of death::1713]]=== | ||
| − | + | [[file:P1120468(3).JPG|thumb|Buckingham's bookplate (British Museum Franks Collection *431)]] | |
====Biographical Note==== | ====Biographical Note==== | ||
| − | Younger son of [[family::George Buckingham]] of [[location::Stanwell, Middlesex]], [[occupation::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 [[occupation::liveryman]] of [[organisations:: | + | Younger son of [[family::George Buckingham]] of [[location::Stanwell, Middlesex]], [[occupation::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 [[occupation::liveryman]] of the [[organisations::Butchers' Company]] by 1680, was later described as a [[occupation::salter]], and became wealthy. He became involved in City politics during the 1680s, became a [[occupation::common councilman]] in 1689, a [[occupation::sheriff]] in 1695, [[occupation::alderman]] for [[location::Bishopsgate]] in 1698 and [[occupation::Lord Mayor]] in 1704. [[occupation::MP]] for [[location::Reading]] 1698-1708, affiliated with the Whigs. He was knighted in 1695 and in 1706 he purchased estates near [[location::Reading]]. |
====Books==== | ====Books==== | ||
| − | Buckingham had an engraved armorial bookplate, dated 1705 (Franks * | + | Buckingham had an engraved armorial bookplate, dated 1705 (Franks *431), but the extent of his library is not known. His will has no mention of books; the bulk of his estate was [[bequest::left]] to his only [[beneficiary::son]] [[crossreference::Owen Buckingham 1674-1720|Owen]], who succeeded him as [[occupation::MP]] for [[location::Reading]], and who was killed in a duel in 1720. |
====Characteristic Markings==== | ====Characteristic Markings==== | ||
Latest revision as of 00:52, 24 December 2020
Sir Owen BUCKINGHAM ca.1649-1713
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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 *431), 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.