Background
Uvedale was the son of William Uvedale of Wickham and his wife Mary Norton, daughter of Sir Richard Norton.
Uvedale was the son of William Uvedale of Wickham and his wife Mary Norton, daughter of Sir Richard Norton.
He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. He matriculated at Queen"s College, Oxford on 17 March 1598 aged 16. In 1600 he was a student of the Inner Temple.
He was knighted on 19 November 1613.
His father died in 1616 and he eventually inherited the estates on the death of his mother before 1626. In 1621 he was elected Member of Parliament for Newport (Isle of Wight).
He was elected Member of Parliament for Portsmouth in 1624. In 1625 he was elected Member of Parliament for Petersfield.
He was re-elected Member of Parliament for Petersfield in 1626 and 1628, sitting until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.
In April 1640, Uvedale was again elected Member of Parliament for Petersfield in the Short Parliament and was re-elected Member of Parliament for Petersfield for the Long Parliament in November 1640. He supported the Royalist cause and sat in the King"s Oxford parliament. He was disabled from sitting in the Westminster before1645.
His property became much reduced in his lifetime, possibly because of his support of the royal cause.
Uvedale died at the age of about 70 and was buried on 3 December 1652. Uvedale married firstly Anne Cary of Hunsdon, Hertford.
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In 1614 he was elected Member of Parliament for Hampshire.