Richard Lovelace, 1st Baron Lovelace

Richard Lovelace, 1st Baron Lovelace (1564 – 22 April 1634) of Hurley, Berkshire was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1601 and 1622.

He was educated at Merton College, Oxford in 1584, knighted in 1599, and succeeded his father in 1602.

[1] Lovelace became a soldier and commanded a force under the Lord Deputy in Ireland, after which he was knighted in Dublin by the Earl of Essex.

[1] He had married twice: firstly, Katherine, daughter of Sir George Gyll and widow of William Hyde of Denchworth in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire) (no children) and, secondly, Margaret, daughter and co-heir of a rich merchant, William Dodworth, with whom he had four sons and five daughters.

[1] His son Francis should not be confused with the person of the same name who became the second Governor of the New York colony but who was however the grandfather of John Lovelace, 4th Baron Lovelace, who was a later Governor.