Hungerford Dunch, MP was born 20 January 1639 in Down Ampney, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom to Edmund Dunch, Baron Burnell (1602-1678) and Bridget Hungerford (c1610-aft1675) and died 9 November 1680 London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom of unspecified causes. He married Katherine Oxton (c1639-) in United Kingdom.
Hungerford Dunch (20 January 1639 – 9 November 1680) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660 and from 1679 to 1680.
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Hungerford Dunch (1639-1680) | 20 January 1639 Down Ampney, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom | 9 November 1680 London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom | Katherine Oxton (c1639-) |
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Henry Dunch (1643-) | |||
Early life
Dunch was born at Down Ampney in Gloucestershire, the son of Edmund Dunch (1602–1678) and his wife Bridget Hungerford,[1] daughter of Anthony Hungerford of Down Ampney (nephew of Anthony Hungerford of Black Bourton in Oxfordshire). In 1678, he inherited the title of de jure Baron Burnell of East Wittenham from his father, although he never used it as it had been created during the Commonwealth.
Family
Hungerford married Katherine daughter of William Oxton of the City of London. She was buried next to her husband on 26 March 1684.[1] They were the parents of Edmund Dunch (1678–1719), who was also MP for Wallingford.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Edmund Dunch (1657-1719) | 24 December 1657 Little Jermyn Street, Westminster, Greater London, England, United Kingdom | 31 May 1719 | Elizabeth Godfrey (c1680-) |
Career
In 1660, Dunch was elected MP for both Wallingford and Cricklade for the Convention Parliament.[1] [2] He chose to sit for Cricklade for the duration of that parliament. He was an inactive member though he sat on a committee to bring in a bill for the abolition of Court of Wards,[2] through which his family had suffered.
He was made a Knight of the Royal Oak by Charles II.[1] In 1679 Dunch was elected again as MP for Cricklade, and sat in the Habeas Corpus and Exclusion Bill parliaments until his death.[1] In the latter he was appointed to the committee of elections and privileges but was probably inactive and did not vote on the Exclusion Bill.[2]
Dunch died at the age of 41 in London on 9 November 1680, and was buried four days later in Little Wittenham.[1]
Residences
Footnotes (including sources)
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References
- Cokayne, George Edward, ed (1912). Complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct or dormant (Bass to Canning). 2. London: The St. Catherine Press, ltd.. p. 437. http://www.archive.org/details/completepeerageo02coka.
- Henning, Duke Basil (1983). The House of Commons, 1660-1690. Boydell & Brewer. p. 242. ISBN 0-436-19274-8.
Further reading
- Hedges, J.K. (1881). Wallingford History. London: Wm Clowes. pp. 103,104. http://www.archive.org/details/historywallingf00hedggoog.
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| NAME | Dunch, Hungerford |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | English politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20 January 1639 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Down Ampney, Gloucestershire |
| DATE OF DEATH | 9 November 1680 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | London |
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