William Bowyer (MP) explained

Sir William Bowyer (c. 1588 – 1641) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1620 and 1641.

Bowyer was the son of Sir John Bowyer of Knipersley Staffordshire.^[1] He became wealthy from coal and iron mines at Biddulph and Tunstall.^[2]

Bowyer was elected Member of Parliament for Staffordshire in 1621 and was re-elected for the seat in 1624 and 1626. In April 1640 he was re-elected MP for Staffordshire in the Short Parliament and again in November 1640 for the Long Parliament, but died at the beginning of 1641.^[3] Bowyer married Hester Skeffington, daughter of Sir William Skeffington of Fisherwick, Staffordshire. Their son John became an MP and baronet.^[4]

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Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=K1kBAAAAQAAJ&dq=%22William+Bowyer%22+Staffordshire&pg=PA77 John Burke, John Bernard Burke A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies
2. http://www.timespast.org.uk/id89.html Penkridge Parliamentary History
3. 1. 2. 229–239.
4. https://books.google.com/books?id=HW1_upECKUwC&dq=%22William+Bowyer%22+Staffordshire&pg=PA697 Basil Duke Henning The House of Commons, 1660-1690