Arthur Spry
Arthur Spry (4 February 1612 – 17 September 1685) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1679.
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Spry was the son of Thomas Spry and his wife Catherine Ashford, daughter of Arthur Ashford. He was the first member of the family to settle at Place, a property granted to the Spry family by Henry VIII, in the parish of St Anthony in Roseland.[1] In 1660, Spry was elected Member of Parliament for St Mawes in the Convention Parliament being seated after a double return in May 1660.[2] In 1661 he was re-elected MP for St Mawes in another double return to the Cavalier Parliament and was seated in May. He sat until 1679.[2]
Spry died at the age of 73 and was buried at St Anthony's where a monument was erected featuring a bust between two weeping females.[1]
Spry married firstly Mary Gayer daughter of Richard Gayer. She died on 4 May 1656 and was buried at Anthony Church. He married secondly Luce Hele, daughter of George Hele. He had a son George and was grandfather of the admiral Richard Spry.[1]
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- 1612 births
- 1685 deaths
- Members of the pre-1707 English Parliament for constituencies in Cornwall
- Politicians from Cornwall
- English MPs 1660
- English MPs 1661–1679