Anthony Hungerford of Black Bourton

Sir Anthony Hungerford (1567–1627) of Black Bourton in Oxfordshire, Deputy Lieutenant of Wiltshire until 1624, was a member of parliament and a religious controversialist.

[2] His father was a Puritan, but his mother was a devout Roman Catholic, the religion in which Hungerford was raised.

[1] On 12 April 1583 aged 16, Hungerford matriculated at St John's College, Oxford, which he left without taking a degree.

He was knighted on 15 February 1608,[5] and served as a Deputy Lieutenant of Wiltshire until 1624, when he resigned the office in favour of his son Edward.

[1] Hungerford married twice: He died in late June 1627 and was buried in Black Bourton Church.