English Peer. He served as a burgess of Huntingdon, and was appointed to a committee on draining the fens in 1601. With his wife, Dorothy Harrington, he had at least one son who was named for him and is known to history as the designer of Wimpole Hall. He became mortally ill at age 38 and made his will in October 1616. He died a month later and was buried at Wimpole, where a monument to his memory described him as 'sometime lord of this town.'
English Peer. He served as a burgess of Huntingdon, and was appointed to a committee on draining the fens in 1601. With his wife, Dorothy Harrington, he had at least one son who was named for him and is known to history as the designer of Wimpole Hall. He became mortally ill at age 38 and made his will in October 1616. He died a month later and was buried at Wimpole, where a monument to his memory described him as 'sometime lord of this town.'
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