Lewis Mordaunt, 3rd Baron Mordaunt

Lewis Mordaunt, 3rd Baron Mordaunt (21 September 1538 – 16 June 1601) was an English peer and politician.

Lewis Mordaunt, 3rd Baron Mordaunt
High Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire
In office
1570–1571
Member of Parliament for Bedfordshire
In office
1563–1567
Personal details
Born(1538-09-21)21 September 1538
Died16 June 1601(1601-06-16) (aged 62)
Drayton, Northamptonshire, England
SpouseElizabeth Darcy
Children2+, including Henry
Parent

Biography

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He was the son of John Mordaunt, 2nd Baron Mordaunt and Ela (née FitzLewis) Mordaunt. He became the third Baron Mordaunt in 1571 on the death of his father.[citation needed]

He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bedfordshire (1563–67) and High Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire in 1570.[citation needed]

A lover of art and buildings, he was a reluctant judge at the trial of Mary, Queen of Scots, beheaded in 1587, with whose death sentence he did 'most unwillingly concur'. He commanded troops recruited to resist when it was thought that the Spanish Armada would invade in 1588.[1]

He married Elizabeth Darcy, daughter of Sir Arthur Darcy and Mary Carew and was succeeded by their son Henry. His daughter Mary married Sir Thomas Mansell, 1st Baronet.[2]

He died at his manor house in Drayton, Northamptonshire on 16 June 1601 and was buried in All Saints church Turvey, Bedfordshire on 20 July, where there is a plain black marble tomb.[3]

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Parliament of England
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Bedfordshire
1563–1567
With: John St John
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by High Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire
1570–1571
Succeeded by
Peerage of England
Preceded by Baron Mordaunt
1571–1601
Succeeded by