Background
He was the son of Nicholas Backhouse of Cheapside in Middlesex (now Greater London), an alderman and Sheriff of London, and his wife, Anne, daughter of Thomas Curzon of Croxall in Derbyshire.
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Samuel Backhouse
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Career
He purchased the Swallowfield Park estate in Berkshire from John Lytcott, in 1586. Backhouse served as High Sheriff of Berkshire in 1598 and 1601. The eldest, John, a royalist, was made Knight of the Bath by Charles I, married Flower (Flora) Henshawe and died in 1649.
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He was Member of Parliament for Windsor in 1603 and 1611.
