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Samuel Baldwyn Edit Profile

Sir Samuel Baldwyn was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659.

Background

Baldwyn was the son of Charles Baldwyn of Burwarton, Shropshire.

Education

Balliol College.

Career

He matriculated at Balliol College, Oxford on 6 March 1635, aged 16 and was called to the bar at Inner Temple in 1646. He became a bencher on his Inn in 1662. In 1669 he became serjeant-at-law and in 1672 became King"s serjeant.

He was knighted on 5 February 1673.

Baldwyn died at the age of about 64 and was buried in Temple Church on 17 July 1683, where there is a monument and arms. Baldwyn married by licence dated 25 July 1648, Elizabeth Walcott of Saint Thomas the Apostle.

Membership

In 1659, he was elected Member of Parliament for Ludlow.