Christopher Erle

Christopher Erle (c. 1590 – 1634) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1629.

Erle was born at Sturminster Marshall, the son of Thomas Erle of Charborough House in Dorset and his wife Dorothy Pole, daughter of William Pole of Cullompton, Devon.

[3] In 1621, Erle was elected Member of Parliament for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis.

In 1628 he was elected MP for Lyme Regis and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.

[4] Erle died at the age of about 44 and was buried in the middle aisle of the Temple Church on 4 April 1634.

Arms of Erle: Gules, three escallops argent a bordure engrailed of the last [ 1 ]