John Tracy, 1st Viscount Tracy

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John Tracy, 1st Viscount Tracy (died 1648) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1597.

Tracy was the son and heir of Sir John Tracy (died 1591), who was High Sheriff of Gloucestershire in 1578, and his wife Anne (died 1581), daughter of Thomas Throckmorton (died 1568).

He was admitted to the Inner Temple in November 1580, and granted special livery of his father's estates on 14 February 1592. In 1597, he was elected Member of Parliament for Gloucestershire. [1]

He was probably knighted by James I on 23 July 1603. A younger brother, Thomas Tracy was an usher to Anne of Denmark. In 1609, John Tracy was High Sheriff of Gloucestershire. He was created Viscount Tracy, of Rathcoole in the County of Dublin, a title in the Peerage of Ireland, on 12 January 1643, being then "72 years old or more.". [2]

Tracy died in or before 1648 when administration was given of his estates. [2]

Marriage and family

Tracy married Anne Shirley, daughter of Sir Thomas Shirley of Wiston, Sussex in about 1590. [2] Their children included:

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References

  1. "TRACY, Sir John II (c.1561-c.1648), of Toddington, Glos. | History of Parliament Online". historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "The parliamentary history of the county of Gloucester, including the cities of Bristol and Gloucester, and the boroughs of Cheltenham, Cirencester, Stroud, and Tewkesbury, from the earliest times to the present day, 1213-1898". 1898. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
Parliament of England
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Gloucestershire
1597
With: Sir John Hungerford
Succeeded by
Peerage of Ireland
New creation Viscount Tracy
1643–1648
Succeeded by