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John Rashleigh of Coombe

English politician

Died when: 74 years 51 days (889 months)
Star Sign: Aquarius

 

John Rashleigh of Coombe

John Rashleigh (21 January 1619 – 13 March 1693) of Coombe, near Fowey in Cornwall, was MP for Fowey from 1661 to 1679.He was a member of a branch of the more prominent Rashleigh family of Menabilly, near Fowey.

Rashleigh was the only surviving son of (1585 – c. 1667), MP, of Coombe, near Fowey, Cornwall, by his first wife Mary Trefusis, daughter of Thomas Trefusis of Landew.

He matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford in 1637 and entered Gray's Inn in 1639.He married in 1642 his cousin Elizabeth, the daughter of Jonathan Rashleigh of Menabilly, Cornwall and had 5 sons and 2 daughters


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