Sir John Berkeley 
Sir John was born in Bruton, Somerset, England. Sir John's father was Sir Maurice De Berkeley and his mother was Elizabeth Killigrew. His paternal grandparents were Sir Henry De Berkeley and Margaret Lygon. He had four brothers and two sisters, named Sir Charles, Sir Henry, Sir Maurice, Sir William, Margaret and Jane. He died on August 28th, 1678 in Stratton, Somerset, England.General Notes
John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton
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John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton (1602 – August 28, 1678) was the fifth and youngest son of Sir Maurice Berkeley. He commanded the army against the Scots in 1638, and was knighted at Berwick in that year. He bore a conspicuous part in the civil wars that followed, supporting the royal cause; he became Governor of Exeter, and General of the King Charles I's forces in Devon. He participated in the exile of the royal family, in 1652, and was placed at the head of the Duke of York's establishment, having the management of all the Duke's receipts and expenditures. On May 19, 1658 he was raised to the Peerage, as Baron Berkeley of Stratton, in the county of Somerset. On the restoration he became one of the Privy Council, and towards the close of 1669, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and administered the government for two years. In 1675 he was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary to Versailles, and died 28 August, 1678. Although holding so many distingnished offices some authorities assert that, at one time, he was under a cloud, in consequence of his being detected in selling of offices, and other corrupt practices. Pepys speaks of him as being esteemed "a fortunate, though a passionate, and but weak man as to policy", and "the most hot, fiery man in discourse, without any cause", he ever saw. The intimate relations existing between Berkeley and King Charles and the Duke of York, as shown in Pepys' illustrative diary, fully account for the granting to him an interest in New Jersey, as well as in Carolina, which he had previously received.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.1433 in Stoke Gifford, Gloucestershire, England d.1477 in Stoke Gifford, Gloucestershire, England
- b.1468 in Stoke Gifford, Gloucestershire, England d.1514 in Stoke Gifford, Gloucestershire, England
- b.1432 in Stafford, Staffordshire, England d.1508 in Stoke Gifford, Gloucestershire, England
- b.1495 in Stoke Gifford, Gloucestershire, England
- b.1470 in Nene Solers, Shropshire, England d.1506 in Stoke Gifford, Gloucestershire, England
- b.1531 in Bruton, Somerset, England d.1601 in Bruton, Somerset, England
- b.1514 in Barton Blount, Derbyshire, England d.25 FEB 1559/60 in Bruton, Somerset, England
- b.1577 in Bruton, Somerset, England d.15 JAN 1616/17 in Bruton, Somerset, England
- b.1549 in Madresfield Court, Worcestershire, England d.1617 in Bruton, Somerset, England
- b.2 JAN 1607/08 in Bruton, Somerset, England d.28 Aug 1678 in Stratton, Somerset, England
- b.1580 in Killigrew, Northamptonshire, England d.18 Apr 1626 in Bruton, Somerset, England
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Details of Sir John's family with Barbara Villiers
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