John Chicheley

Sir John Chicheley (c. 1640 – 20 March 1691) was a British Naval officer, Lord of the Admiralty, Commissioner of the Ordnance and Member of Parliament. ^[1]

He was born the second son of Thomas Chicheley of Wimpole, Cambridgeshire and London and entered the Inner Temple to study the law in 1657.

He joined the Royal Navy and was promoted lieutenant in 1662, captain in 1663 and was a rear-admiral in 1673–75. He served in the Dutch Wars and as captain of the HMS Antelope fought at the Battle of Lowestoft in 1665. He was knighted in 1665.

He was elected to the Parliament of England as MP for Newton, Lancashire from 1679 to 1681, 1685 to 1687 and 1689 to 1691. He served as an envoy to the Spanish Netherlands in 1670, was appointed a Commissioner of the Navy in 1675–80 and a Commissioner of the Ordnance in 1679–82. He was appointed a Lord of the Admiralty in 1682–84 and 1689–90.

He died suddenly in 1691 and was buried at St. Giles-in-the-Fields, London. He had married Isabella, the daughter and coheiress of Sir John Lawson of Alresford, Essex, and the widow of Daniel Norton of Southwick, Hampshire. The had 4 sons (2 of whom predeceased him) and 2 daughters.

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