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Revision as of 09:58, 15 December 2011 by Chzz (talk | contribs) (Remove link to website "dinsdoc.com" because it is a promotional website (see http://en.wikipedia.org/search/?diff=prev&oldid=465972437))(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff) For other people named John Ernle, see John Ernle (disambiguation).The Right Honourable Sir John Ernle (1620–1697) was an English Member of Parliament, sitting first in the Cavalier Parliament of 1660-1679 and becoming one of the longest-serving Chancellors of the Exchequer of England, a position he held from 2 May 1676 to 9 April 1689.
Antecedents
Ernle was descended from John Ernle the Elder, Esquire, of Fosbury and Bishop's Cannings, Wiltshire, (born 1461/2), the ancestor of the Wiltshire branch of the family, and from John Ernle, Esq., of Sidlesham, Sussex (died 1465), whose wife Margaret was a daughter of Nicholas Morley, Esq., of Glynde Place, Sussex. He was thus a kinsman of the Sir John Ernley who served as Solicitor General, Attorney General, and Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas early in the 16th century.
Life
Ernle served as a member of the House of Commons of England for more than thirty years, during the reigns of King Charles II and his brother King James II. He was appointed as Chancellor of the Exchequer on May 2, 1676, continuing until April 9, 1689, and was named one of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty on September 26, 1677. He was the only member of the Plantation Committee, which dealt with the American colonies, to attend all three sessions of July 1677, although he usually attended only a quarter of those meetings. He was named a Privy Councillor in 1679. A free school for five boys founded by Ernle continued in his home county, Wiltshire, until 1829. He was the father of Sir John Ernle, a notable naval officer of the Third Anglo-Dutch War.
References
- Winfred T. Root, The Lords of Trade and Plantations, 1675-1696, in American Historical Review 23 (October 1917), pp. 20-41 (online)
External links
- List of Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty at arthistoryclub.com
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages