Sir Edward Barkham, 1st Baronet of South Acre (15952 August 1667) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons

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 in 1625 and 1626.

Barkham was the son of Sir Edward Barkham

Edward Barkham (Lord Mayor)

Sir Edward Barkham was and English merchant who was Lord Mayor of London in 1621.Barkham was a city of London merchant and a member of the Worshipful Company of Leathersellers. He was Master of the Leathersellers Company for 1605 to 1606, and for 1608 to 1609. On 28 February 1611, he was elected...

. He matriculated from King's College, Cambridge

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 in spring 1611 and was awarded BA in 1613 on the visit of Prince Charles. He was admitted at Lincoln's Inn

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 on 13 February 1614. He was knighted in 1623 and then created a Baronet

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 in the Baronetage of England on 26 June 1623. In 1625 he was elected Member of Parliament

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 for Boston

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. He was re-elected MP for Boston in 1626. In 1635 he became High Sheriff of Norfolk

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Barkham died at Tottenham

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 then in Middlesex

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at the age of 72.

Barkham was succeeded by his son Sir Edward Barkham, 2nd Baronet.