Sir William Armine, 2nd Baronet

Sir William Armine, 2nd Baronet (14 July 1622 – 2 January 1658) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1646 to 1653.

Armine was born at Ruckholt,[1] in Low Leyton parish, Becontree hundred, Essex, the son of Sir William Airmine, 1st Baronet and his first wife, Elizabeth Hicks, daughter of Sir Michael Hicks, of Beverstone Castle, Gloucestershire, and of Ruckholt, in Low Leyton, Essex.[1] He was admitted to Gray's Inn on 18 November 1639. He served as commissioner of parliament for the Scots in 1643.

In March 1646, he was elected Member of Parliament for Cumberland as a recruiter to the Long Parliament. He succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his father on 10 April 1651.[2]

  1. ^ a b Leyton. The Environs of London: Volume 4, Counties of Herts, Essex and Kent. Originally published by T Cadell and W Davies, London, 1796. Pages 158-182 and footnote 78. Accessed via BHO British History Online 21 January 2025.
  2. ^ George Edward Cokayne Complete Baronetage (1900), archive.org. Accessed 12 January 2023.

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