Hugh Westwood
Hugh Westwood (by 1500 – 1559), of Chedworth, Gloucestershire, was an English politician.
Family[]
There is no information on Westwood's ancestry. At some point by 1521, he married a woman named Agnes. At some point in 1544 or after, he married Jane née Baynham, a daughter of Sir Alexander Baynham of Westbury-on-Severn, the widow of Robert Wye of Lipyeate, Somerset. He is not recorded to have had any legitimate children, but had one illegitimate son.
Career[]
He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Wootton Bassett in 1545.[1]
References[]
- ^ "WESTWOOD, Hugh (by 1500-59), of Chedworth, Glos". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 2017-10-23.
Categories:
- 1559 deaths
- English MPs 1545–1547
- People from Cotswold District
- 16th-century English MP stubs