Oliver Raymond

Oliver Raymond (c.1605 – 1679) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1654 and 1656.

Belchamp Hall as rebuilt c.1720

Raymond was born at Belchamp Walter, Essex, the son of John Raymond, who bought Belchamp Hall in 1611. He was admitted at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1622 and migrated to Christ's College, Cambridge. He was admitted at Lincoln's Inn on 11 February 1626 and called to the bar in 1633. He was elder for Essex Classis in 1647.[1]

In 1654, Raymond was elected Member of Parliament for Essex in the First Protectorate Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Essex in 1656 for the Second Protectorate Parliament.[2]

Raymond died in 1679 and was buried at Belchamp Walter. He had married Frances Herries, daughter of Sir William Herries (or Harris) of Shenfield, Essex.[1] he disinherited his eldest son for marrying without his approval and Belchamp Hall passed instead to the latter's eldest son John Raymond (died 1690).

References

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  1. ^ a b "Raymond, Oliver (RMNT622O)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. ^ Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 229–239.
Parliament of England
Preceded by
Joachim Matthews
Henry Barrington
John Brewster
Christopher Earl
Dudley Templer
Member of Parliament for Essex
1654–1656
With: Sir William Masham Bt 1654
Richard Cutts 1654
Herbert Pelham 1654
Sir Henry Mildmay 1654–1656
Sir Thomas Honywood 1654–1656
Sir Thomas Bowes 1654–1656
Thomas Coke (of Pebmarsh) 1654
Sir Richard Everard, 1st Baronet of Much Waltham 1654–1656
Carew Mildmay 1654–1656
Edward Turnor 1654–1656
Dionysius Wakering 1654–1656
Sir Harbottle Grimston 1656
Robert Barrington 1656
Dudley Temple 1656
Hezekiah Haynes 1656
John Archer 1656
Succeeded by