Philip Cary (MP for Woodstock)
English landowner and politician
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Sir Philip Cary (c. 1579 – 1631) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1614 and 1625.
Philip Cary | |
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| Member of Parliament for Woodstock | |
| In office 1614-1625 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1579 |
| Died | 1631 (aged 51–52) |
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| Relatives | Henry Cary (brother) |
| Education | Queen's College, Oxford |
Cary was the son of Edward Cary of Berkhamsted Place, Hertfordshire. He matriculated at Queen's College, Oxford on 22 February 1594, aged 14. Cary was a student of Gray's Inn in 1590. He was knighted on 23 May 1605, In 1614, he was elected Member of Parliament for Woodstock and re-elected in 1621, 1624 and 1625.[1]
Cary held estates at Caddington, Bedfordshire and Hunslet, Yorkshire. He died at the age of about 52 and was buried at Aldenham on 13 June 1631.[1]
