Edward Stourton, 10th Baron Stourton
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Edward Stourton, 10th Baron Stourton (c. 1555 – 7 May 1633) was a Catholic English peer.
He was a younger son of Charles Stourton, 8th Baron Stourton and Lady Anne Stanley, daughter of Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby.[1] He was educated at Exeter College, Oxford, matriculating in 1575.[2][1] His father was executed for murder in 1557.[3] He succeeded his brother John in 1588.[4]
He made no secret of his adherence to Roman Catholicism.[5]
He was a close friend of Robert Catesby[6] and Catesby's recruitment of Francis Tresham to the Gunpowder Plot took place in Stourton's house in Clerkenwell.[7] He was suspected of deliberately avoiding the opening of parliament, although the conspirators may contrived to delay him without revealing their plans.[8][9] He was imprisoned in the Tower of London.[10] In 1608 he was transferred to the Fleet Prison and was fined £6,000, although he paid only £1,000.[11] He may subsequently have occasionally attended Church of England services, but continued to house Catholic priests.[12]
He died on 7 May 1633 and was buried at Stourton, Wiltshire.[13]