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Sir William Killigrew (1606–1695) of Kempton Park, Middlesex, was an English court official under Charles I and Charles II. He was the son of Sir Robert Killigrew (d. 1633/5) and Mary Woodhouse, of Kimberley, Norfolk, his wife. He was the elder brother to Thomas Killigrew.
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bap. 28 May 1606, 1st s. of Sir Robert Killigrew* of Kempton Park and Mary, da. of Sir Henry Woodhouse† of Hickling, Norf.1 educ. St. John’s, Oxf. 1623; travelled abroad c.1624-6; DCL, Oxf. 1642.2 m. c.1625-6, Mary (admon. 16 Sept. 1690), da. of John Hill of Honiley, Warws. 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 4da. (3 d.v.p.). kntd. 12 May 1626; suc. fa. 1633; bur. 17 O...
Capt. Pendennis Castle 1628-33 (jt.), 1633-5 (sole);4 j.p. Cornw. 1630-at least 1640;5 commr. sewers, E. Lincs. fens 1634-42.6 ?Farmer, seal office of k.b. and c.p. from 1633;7 gent. usher of privy chamber 1638-46, 1660-2; v.-chamberlain, Queen Catherine’s Household 1662-82.8 Cdr. servants’ tp. of king’s bodyguard 1642-3.9
Killigrew was probably born at Hanworth Park, Middlesex, the residence of his grandfather Sir William Killigrew I*, whose will he witnessed in 1618. Both Sir William and Killigrew’s father, Sir Robert, were notable courtiers who possessed considerable influence in Cornwall, the family’s native county.10 At university Killigrew contributed a Latin p...
Biography. Killigrew’s grandfather, a younger son of the Arwennack family, served Elizabeth as groom of the privy chamber, and his father was vice-chamberlain to Henrietta Maria.
Courtier and Playright. 1606 - 1695. Sir William Killigrew was resident in Twickenham for three years, from 1688 until 1690. Prior to this a Dr Killigrew, believed to be his brother Henry had paid rates for 1679 and 1680.
27 de mar. de 2023 · Sir William Killigrew (1606–1695) of Kempton Park, Middlesex, was an English court official under Charles I and Charles II. He was the son of Sir Robert Killigrew (d. 1633/5) and Mary Woodhouse, of Kimberley, Norfolk, his wife. He was the elder brother to Thomas Killigrew.
Sir William Killigrew (1606-1695): His Life and Dramatic Works, with its extensive bibliography, scrupulous documentation, and review of the critical attention (albeit scant and often misinformed) paid Killigrew and his plays, is an impressive piece of scholarship.
Sir William Killigrew is a 1638 Baroque portrait of Sir William Killigrew (1606–1695) by the Flemish artist Anthony van Dyck. The portrait is twinned with another of his wife, Mary Hill. [1] The painting.
