Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Sir Maurice Berkeley (by 1514-1581), was an English politician.He was a younger son of Richard Berkeley of Stoke and was knighted in 1544.He was a servant of Thomas Cromwell c.1537 and a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber from 1539 to 1553. He was appointed constable of Berkeley Castle in 1544 and chief banner bearer of England in 1545. He was a Justice of the Peace in 1559 and appointed High Sheriff of Dorset and Somerset for 1567–68.He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Somerset in 1547, 1563 and 1572 and Bletchingley in March 1553.Berkeley married twice: firstly Catherine Blount, widow of John Champernown (died c.1541) of Modbury, Devon, and daughter of William Blount, 4th Baron Mountjoy, by his third wife, Alice Keble (d. 8 June 1521), daughter of Henry Keble, Lord Mayor of London, by whom he had 3 sons and 5 daughters, and secondly Elizabeth, the daughter of Anthony Sands of Throwley, Kent, by whom he had 2 sons and a daughter. Most of his estate passed to his son Henry, who was also an MP.. }
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- Maurice_Berkeley_(died_1581) abstract "Sir Maurice Berkeley (by 1514-1581), was an English politician.He was a younger son of Richard Berkeley of Stoke and was knighted in 1544.He was a servant of Thomas Cromwell c.1537 and a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber from 1539 to 1553. He was appointed constable of Berkeley Castle in 1544 and chief banner bearer of England in 1545. He was a Justice of the Peace in 1559 and appointed High Sheriff of Dorset and Somerset for 1567–68.He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Somerset in 1547, 1563 and 1572 and Bletchingley in March 1553.Berkeley married twice: firstly Catherine Blount, widow of John Champernown (died c.1541) of Modbury, Devon, and daughter of William Blount, 4th Baron Mountjoy, by his third wife, Alice Keble (d. 8 June 1521), daughter of Henry Keble, Lord Mayor of London, by whom he had 3 sons and 5 daughters, and secondly Elizabeth, the daughter of Anthony Sands of Throwley, Kent, by whom he had 2 sons and a daughter. Most of his estate passed to his son Henry, who was also an MP.".