Edmund Maine
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Lieutenant-General Edmund Maine (20 January 1633 – 25 April 1711) was an English soldier and politician.[1]
Life
[edit]He was a lieutenant-colonel of a cavalry unit in Scotland in 1679.[1] He then served as lieutenant-colonel under John Churchill with the Troops of Horse Guards fighting at the Battle of Sedgemoor in 1685.[1] He later served as commander-in-chief of the third troop of Life Guards in Ireland.
From 1702 to 1711 he served as governor of Berwick-upon-Tweed.[1]
MP
[edit]He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Morpeth from 1705 to 1708.[2] While MP, he paid for the production of 6 bells as a gift for Morpeth Clock Tower in 1706.[3]
He died aged 78.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "MAINE, Edmund (?1633-1711), of Belford Hall". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 3)
- ^ "Morpeth". Bells of the North-East of England. 28 October 2024. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
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