Ralph Bucknall was a M.P. for Petersfield.[1]
In 1697 Bucknall became Lord of the Manor of Petersfield.[2] In 1670 he married Elizabeth, daughter of John Birch of Whitbourne, Herefordshire: they had 1 son and 3 daughters. A brewer by trade he also had a government commission for carrying on the manufacture of linen and paper in Jersey and Guernsey.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ History of Parliament On-line
- ^ 'One hundred years of a pocket borough: Petersfield and Parliament, 1685–1783' Surry, N. p11: Petersfield; Petersfield Area Historical Society (Paper No. 7); 1983 ISSN 0308-9266
- ^ "A Chronology and Calendar of Documents Relating to the London Book Trade" Francis McKenzie, D.F. p109: London; OUP; 2005 ISBN 978-0-19-818410-2