William Brereton, 3rd Baron Brereton
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William Brereton, 3rd Baron Brereton FRS (4 May 1631-17 March 1680) was an English mathematician and politician who sat in the House of Commons
in 1659 and became Baron Brereton in the Irish peerage in 1664.
Brereton was the eldest son of William Brereton, 2nd Baron Brereton
of Brereton Hall Chester and his wife Lady Elizabeth Goring, daughter of George Goring, 1st Earl of Norwich
and Mary Neville. He studied mathematics, spending some time being tutored by John Pell
.
In 1659, Brereton was elected Member of Parliament
for Newton
in the Third Protectorate Parliament
and for Bossiney
in 1660.
Brereton became an original Fellow of the Royal Society on 22 April 1663. He inherited the Irish peerage Baron Brereton
on the death of his father in 1664. In 1668 he gave the rectory of Tilston
, near Malpas
to mathemetician Thomas Branker
.
Brereton was succeeded by his sons John
and Francis on whose death in 1722 the title became extinct.
House of Commons of England
The House of Commons of England was the lower house of the Parliament of England from its development in the 14th century to the union of England and Scotland in 1707, when it was replaced by the House of Commons of Great Britain...
in 1659 and became Baron Brereton in the Irish peerage in 1664.
William Brereton, 2nd Baron Brereton
William Brereton, 2nd Baron Brereton was the son of Sir John Brereton of Brereton Hall and Anne Fitton...
of Brereton Hall Chester and his wife Lady Elizabeth Goring, daughter of George Goring, 1st Earl of Norwich
George Goring, 1st Earl of Norwich
George Goring, 1st Earl of Norwich was an English soldier.He was the son of George Goring of Hurstpierpoint and Ovingdean, Sussex, and of Anne Denny, sister of Edward Denny, 1st Earl of Norwich. He matriculated from Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge in 1600, and may subsequently have spent some...
and Mary Neville. He studied mathematics, spending some time being tutored by John Pell
John Pell
-Early life:He was born at Southwick in Sussex. He was educated at Steyning Grammar School, and entered Trinity College, Cambridge, at the age of thirteen. During his university career he became an accomplished linguist, and even before he took his B.A. degree corresponded with Henry Briggs and...
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In 1659, Brereton was elected Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for Newton
Newton (UK Parliament constituency)
Newton was a parliamentary borough in the county of Lancashire, in England. It was represented by two Members of Parliament in the House of Commons of the Parliament of England from 1559 to 1706 then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom...
in the Third Protectorate Parliament
Third Protectorate Parliament
The Third Protectorate Parliament sat for one session, from 27 January 1659 until 22 April 1659, with Chaloner Chute and Thomas Bampfylde as the Speakers of the House of Commons...
and for Bossiney
Bossiney (UK Parliament constituency)
Bossiney was a parliamentary constituency in Cornwall, one of a number of Cornish rotten boroughs, and returned two Members of Parliament to the British House of Commons from 1552 until 1832, when it was abolished by the Great Reform Act.-History:...
in 1660.
Brereton became an original Fellow of the Royal Society on 22 April 1663. He inherited the Irish peerage Baron Brereton
Baron Brereton
Baron Brereton, of Leighlin in the County of Carlow, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 11 May 1624 for Sir William Brereton, of Brereton, Cheshire. Brereton had an estate near Old Leighlin, for which he and his heirs were absentee landlords. The family seat was Brereton Hall...
on the death of his father in 1664. In 1668 he gave the rectory of Tilston
Tilston
Tilston is a village and a civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. At the 2001 Census, the population was recorded as 627.St Mary's Church, Tilston is a Grade II* listed building....
, near Malpas
Malpas, Cheshire
Malpas is a large village which used to be a market town, and it is also a civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The parish lies on the border with Shropshire and Wales...
to mathemetician Thomas Branker
Thomas Branker
-Life:He was born at Barnstaple in August 1633, the son of another Thomas Brancker, a graduate of Exeter College, Oxford, who was in 1626 a schoolmaster near Ilchester, and about 1630 head-master of the Barnstaple High School. The family originally bore the name of Brouncker. Young Brancker...
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Brereton was succeeded by his sons John
John Brereton, 4th Baron Brereton
John Brereton was an English baron in the Peerage of Ireland.He was born on 2 December 1659, the son of the William Brereton, 3rd Baron Brereton. He lived at Brereton Hall in Cheshire...
and Francis on whose death in 1722 the title became extinct.