Edmund Poley

Sir Edmund Poley (1619–1671) was an English Royalist and politician from Suffolk.

Early life Poley was eldest surviving son of Edmund Poley of Badley, Suffolk and his wife, Dorothy Warner. That year he was appointed a deputy lieutenant for Suffolk for life. In 1661 he was returned as the Member of Parliament for Bury St Edmunds on the interest of his father-in-law, Sir Henry Crofts. Poley was an active member of the Cavalier Parliament and was appointed to 169 committees. William Poley (died 1672), died unmarried Henry Poley (5 January 1654 – 7 August 1707), politician, died unmarried Edmund Poley (14 December 1655 – 16 May 1714), diplomat, died unmarried Elizabeth Poley (died 11 November 1715), married Sir Richard Gipps (died 1681) Judith Poley (29 June 1654 – 1726), married Henry Jermyn, 1st Baron Dover (died 1708) Dorothy Poley (died 1680), died unmarried Cicely Poley (died 1679), died unmarried Anne Poley (died 1679), died unmarried