About Henry Ley, 2nd Earl of Marlborough
Lived 1595 – 1638 (aged 42). Henry Ley, 2nd Earl of Marlborough was an English politician.
Henry Ley, 2nd Earl of Marlborough (3 December 1595 – 1 April 1638), was an English hereditary peer and Member of Parliament.
He was baptised on 3 December 1595, Following in his father's footsteps, he was admitted to Lincoln's Inn in January 1610 and was called to the bar in 1616.
Ley was knighted in 1611 by James I. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Westbury in 1614 and 1624, for Devizes in 1621 and 1626 – 2 March 1626 and for Wiltshire in 1625.
Ley married Mary, daughter of Sir Arthur Capell of Little Hadham, by whom he had two children: Lady Elizabeth Ley, died unmarried James Ley, 3rd Earl of Marlborough (1618–1665) By the time of his death he was estranged from his wife, who subsequently married his estate steward.
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