Sir Warwick Hele was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons

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 at various times between 1597 and 1625.

Hele was the eldest son of John Hele who was a money-lender and MP. He was a student of Inner Temple

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 in 1581. In 1597, he was elected Member of Parliament

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 for Plymouth

Plymouth (UK Parliament constituency)

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. He was treasurer with Gregory Sprint for maimed soldiers for Devon by 1600 and was a J.P.

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 for Devon from about 1601. He was knighted in 1603. In 1605 he was elected MP for Plympton Erle

Plympton Erle (UK Parliament constituency)

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. He succeeded to the large local estates of his father in 1608. In 1614 he was elected MP for Plympton Erle again. He was High Sheriff of Devon

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 from 1618 to 1619. In 1621 he was re-elected MP for Plympton Erle, He was elected MP for Plympton Erle again in 1625.

Hele died at the age of about 58.

Hele married firstly Mary Halse, daughter of John Halse of Kenedon and secondly Margaret Courtenay, daughter of Sir William Courtenay of Powderham. He was the brother of John

John Hele (died 1605)

John Hele was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1601 and 1605.Hele was the second son of John Hele who was a money-lender and MP. He was a student of Exeter College, Oxford in 1588 and of Inner Temple in 1590. He was a J.P for Devon from 1592. In 1601, he was elected...

, also MP for Plympton Erle.