About Edward Thurland
Lived 1607 – 1683 (aged 75). Edward Thurland was an English judge and politician.
Edward Thurland (22 February 1607 – 14 January 1683) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1673.
Thurland was the son of Edward Thurland of Reigate, Surrey. He matriculated from Clare College, Cambridge in 1624 and was admitted at Inner Temple on 20 October 1625. He was called to the bar in 1634.
In April 1640, Thurland was elected Member of Parliament for Reigate in the Short Parliament. He was a Bencher of his Inn in 1652, He became King's Counsel in 1668 and serjeant-at-law in 1672. In 1673 he became a Baron of the Exchequer which post he held until 1679.
Thurland died at the age of 76 and was buried at Reigate.
Thurland married Elizabeth Wright of Buckland Surrey.
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English politician (1607-1683)
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