^"LEY, Henry (1595-1638), of Heywood House, Heywood, Wilts. and Lincoln's Inn, London; later of Teffont Evias, Wilts". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
henry, earl, marlborough, december, 1595, april, 1638, english, peer, member, parliament, baptised, december, 1595, eldest, james, earl, marlborough, wife, mary, née, petty, educated, lincoln, 1610, called, 1616, knighted, 1611, james, member, parliament, engl. Henry Ley 2nd Earl of Marlborough 3 December 1595 1 April 1638 was an English peer and Member of Parliament 1 He was baptised on 3 December 1595 the eldest son of James Ley 1st Earl of Marlborough and his wife Mary nee Petty and educated in law at Lincoln s Inn in 1610 He 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 He was appointed Custos Rotulorum of Somerset for life in 1625 In 1628 he entered the House of Lords by a writ of acceleration as Baron Ley He succeeded his father as Earl of Marlborough the following year 2 Ley married Mary daughter of Sir Arthur Capell of Hadham by whom he had two children Lady Elizabeth Ley died unmarried James Ley 3rd Earl of Marlborough 1618 1665 References edit LEY Henry 1595 1638 of Heywood House Heywood Wilts and Lincoln s Inn London later of Teffont Evias Wilts History of Parliament Online Retrieved 19 May 2017 Doyle James William Edmund 1886 The Official Baronage of England v 2 London Longmans Green p 475 Political offices Preceded byThe Lord Ley Custos Rotulorum of Somerset1625 1636 Succeeded byJohn Coventry Peerage of England Preceded byJames Ley Earl of Marlborough1629 1638 Succeeded byJames Ley Baron Ley writ of acceleration 1628 1638 nbsp This biography of an earl or countess in the Peerage of England is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This article about a 17th century Member of the Parliament of England up to 1707 is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Henry Ley 2nd Earl of Marlborough amp oldid 1108442630, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
