Joseph Earle (MP)

Joseph Earle (c.1658 – 1730), was a British merchant of Bristol and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1710 to 1727.

He was master of the Society of Merchant Adventurers for the year 1721 to 1722; He was re-elected at the 1722 general election but began to fall out with parts of the Bristol voting community and was subjected to political attacks.

He chose to stand rather than retire at the 1727 general election but as it turned out did not have enough support to poll.

[2] Earle died, aged 72, on 13 March 1730, and was buried at St. Werburgh's church, Bristol.

He and his wife had one daughter Eleanor, who married William Benson and died in 1722.