About Richard Major
Lived 1603 – 1660 (aged 56–57). Richard Major was a politician.
Richard Major or Richard Maijor (1605 – 25 April 1660) was a Member of Parliament during the English Commonwealth era.
Major was the son of John Maijor, merchant and MP for Southampton in 1628 and nephew of John Searle, MP for Newport, I.o.W in 1614. He matriculated at Queen's College, Oxford in November 1621. On his death the following year, John Searle bequeathed his nephew his mainland property.
He bought Hursley Park and Lodge, Hampshire in 1639 and served as High Sheriff of Hampshire for 1639–40. His eldest daughter, Dorothy, was married to Cromwell's eldest living son Richard Cromwell, who succeeded Oliver as Lord Protector in 1658.
He died in 1660 and was buried in Hursley Church. Hursley Park passed to Richard Cromwell and his heirs.
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Major, Richard (1603/4–1660), landowner
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Richard Major was a politician.
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