Edward Berkeley (died 1596)

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Edward Berkeley (died 1596) was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Old Sarum in 1586, [1] and sat in the Irish House of Commons in 1585 as an MP for County Antrim.

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References

  1. "BERKELEY, Edward (d.1596). | History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 26 November 2019.