About William Beecher
Lived 1580 – 1651 (aged 70–71). William Beecher was an English diplomat and politician.
Sir William Beecher (1580–1651) was an English diplomat, soldier and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1629.
Beecher was Chargé d'Affaires in France from 1609 to 1610. In 1614, he was elected Member of Parliament for Knaresborough in the Addled Parliament. He was Agent or Chargé d'Affaires in Francs from 1617 to 1619. In 1629 he was elected MP for Windsor and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years. He was awarded MA at Cambridge University in 1629.
Beecher was of Durham Gate, The Strand, Westminster and of Putney, Surrey. He died in 1651.
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English politician (1580-1651)
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William Beecher was born in 1580.
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William Beecher died in 1651.
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William Beecher was a diplomat and politician.
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William Beecher was English.
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