About John Price
Lived 1501 – 1602 (aged 100–101). John Price was a politician.
John Price (died 1602) was a Welsh politician.
He was the eldest son of Matthew Price of Newtown, Montgomeryshire.
He was elected a member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Montgomery Boroughs in 1563 and for Montgomeryshire in 1572. He was a justice of the peace for Montgomeryshire from c.1564 and was appointed High Sheriff of Montgomeryshire for 1565–66. He was also High Sheriff of Cardiganshire for 1569–70. From 1588 he was a deputy lieutenant for Montgomeryshire.
He married Elizabeth, the daughter of Rhys ap Morris ap Owain, of Aberbechan, near Newtown, with whom he had four sons and four daughters.
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English politician, died 1602
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