certainly gives evidence of a kindly enough nature, making provision for several nephews and nieces, his impoverished brother Ambrose, his tenants and family servants. He settled the principal family estate on his granddaughter Christian and her husband Sir Henry Mervyn, who promptly sold them to her brother Lord Castlehaven. References 1529 births 1611 deaths People from Wiltshire English MPs 1572–1583 English MPs 1597–1598