Background
Hales was the son of Sir John Hales and his wife Christian Cromer, daughter of Sir James Cromer, of Tunstall and grandson of Sir Edward Hales, 1st Baronet.
Hales was the son of Sir John Hales and his wife Christian Cromer, daughter of Sir James Cromer, of Tunstall and grandson of Sir Edward Hales, 1st Baronet.
He matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford on 20 May 1642, aged 16. He was a devoted Royalist, and risked his life trying to rescue Charles I from his imprisonment at Carisbrooke. He was elected Member of Parliament for Queenborough in 1661 for the Cavalier Parliament and was re-elected for Queenborough in 1679 for the two exclusion parliaments.
Hales died in France between August 1683 and February 1684.
Although Edward Hasted records that Edward was the eldest of four sons.
Cavalier Parliament. Exclusion Bill Parliament. Habeas Corpus Parliament]
In August 1660, Hales was elected at a by-election as Member of Parliament for Maidstone in the Convention Parliament.