Arnold Braemes

Sir Arnold Braemes (3 October 1602 – 13 November 1681) was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660.

Braemes (Brames, Braems) was the son of Charles Braemes, a wealthy Dover merchant, and his wife Josina Spike of London.

His family was of Flemish descent, his Huguenot great-grandfather, Jasper Braemes, having arrived from Dunkirk in the reign of Queen Mary.

[1] He was knighted on 27 May 1660 by Charles II two days before his reign officially started.

[3] He was the first manager of the Dover Harbour Board.