Background
Suckling was the son of Robert Suckling, mayor and Member of Parliament of Norwich, and his wife Elizabeth Barwick, daughter of William Barwick.
Suckling was the son of Robert Suckling, mayor and Member of Parliament of Norwich, and his wife Elizabeth Barwick, daughter of William Barwick.
He entered Gray"s Inn on 22 May 1590. In 1602 he was acting as secretary to the lord treasurer, Sir Robert Cecil, and in December 1604 he became receiver of fines on alienations, in succession to Sir Arthur Aty. In 1614 he was elected Member of Parliament for Reigate.
He was knighted by James I at Theobalds on 22 January 1616.
In February 1619 he became a Master of Requests, and in 1622 he was appointed comptroller of the royal household, "paying well for the post." Suckling had become wealthy and accumulated manors, fee-farms, and advowsons in various parts of the country. In September 1621 he was mentioned as Weston"s most serious competitor for the chancellorship of the exchequer and in March 1622 he was promoted to be secretary of state.
Charles I, upon his accession three years later, created him a privy councillor. In 1624 he was elected Member of Parliament for Middlesex, Lichfield and Kingston upon Hull and chose to sit for Middlesex.
In 1625 he represented Yarmouth (IoW) after Edmund Clarke opted to sit for Hythe.
In 1626 he was elected Member of Parliament for Norwich and for Sandwich. He chose to sit for Norwich. She died on 28 October 1613, aged 35.
By her, he was the father of the poet Sir John Suckling.
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He was elected Member of Parliament for Dunwich in 1601.