John Meller

He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War.

Meller was the eldest son of Sir Robert Meller of Little Bredy and his wife Dorothy Bailie, daughter of Harry Bailie of the Isle of Wight.

[1] He was educated at Dorchester Grammar School[2] under Mr Harris and was admitted at Caius College, Cambridge, on 15 March 1603 aged 15.

[4] In 1628 Meller was elected Member of Parliament for Wareham and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.

[2] Meller married Mary Swinnerton, daughter of John Swinnerton, Lord Mayor of London in 1612, with whom he had 3 sons and at least 5 daughters.