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Talbot Bowes

1560 – 1638

English politician

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About Talbot Bowes

Lived 1560 – 1638 (aged 77–78). Talbot Bowes was a politician.

Sir Talbot Bowes (1560 – 14 February 1638) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1593 and 1629.

Bowes was the son of Sir George Bowes and his second wife and was baptised on 25 November 1560. He was admitted at Gray's Inn in 1579. In 1593, he was elected Member of Parliament for Richmond. He was commissioner for musters for North Riding of Yorkshire in 1585 and commissioner for recusancy in 1596. He was alderman (mayor) of Richmond from 1598 to 1599. In 1601 he was elected MP for Richmond again. He was re-elected MP for Richmond in 1604. In 1611 he succeeded his half-brother Sir William Bowes to the estates of Barnard Castle. He was re-elected MP for Richmond in 1614. He was knighted in 1617. In 1621 he was re-elected MP for Richmond. He was alderman of Richmond again from 1624 to 1625. In 1625 he was re-elected MP for Richmond. He was last elected MP for Richmond in 1628 and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.

Bowes died at the age of 77 and was buried at Barnard Castle.

Bowes married Agnes Warcop, daughter of Thomas Warcop of Smardale, Westmorland. He was half brother to Sir William Bowes and Robert Bowes.

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Born
1560
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Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, Member of the 1593 Parliament, Member of the 1601 Parliament, Member of the 1604-11 Parliament
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Sir Talbot Bowes

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English politician

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Talbot Bowes was born in 1560.

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Talbot Bowes died on 14 February 1638.

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Talbot Bowes was a politician.

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· Wikidata: Q7679012

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