Background
He was the son of the playwright Henry Killigrew.
He was the son of the playwright Henry Killigrew.
He was active in the 1670s and 1680s, and was promoted to vice-admiral in 1689. He was suspected of Jacobite sympathies, and not given a sea command after 1693.
1st Parliament of Great Britain]
He was Member of Parliament for Street Albans 1705-1708, initially as a member of the Parliament of England, and then (following the Acts of Union in 1707) as a member of the Parliament of Great Britain.