Nicholas Walshe

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Nicholas Walshe (died 1568) of Little Sodbury and Olveston, Gloucestershire was an English politician. [1]

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Family

He was a younger son of Maurice Walshe of Little Sodbury. [1] In 1556 he survived a fireball that struck the house and killed his father and elder siblings. [2] He married Mary, daughter of Sir John Berkeley of Stoke Gifford. [3] He died in his thirties in 1568, leaving his three-year-old son Henry as heir. [1] His wife subsequently married Sir William Herbert of Swansea, while his son died in a duel. [3]

Career

He was a justice of the peace by 1559, served as sheriff of Gloucestershire in 1561/2 and was chosen as member of the parliament of England for Gloucestershire in 1563. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 WALSHE, Nicholas (c.1534-68), of Little Sodbury and Olveston, Glos. History of Parliament. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  2. ↑ Stenhoff, Mark (1999). Ball Lightning. p. 73.
  3. 1 2 Smyth, John (1883). The Lives of the Berkeleys Volume 2. p. 182.


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