Ralph Bovey
Sir Ralph Bovey, 1st Baronet (died 11 October 1679), of Hillfields, Warwickshire, England was High Sheriff of Warwickshire and, later, Bedfordshire.
In 1633 he was admitted to Gray's Inn. He was an attorney of the Court of Common Pleas. He held the office of Sheriff of Warwickshire for 1652 and lived in Solihull, Warwickshire. He was High Sheriff of Bedfordshire in November 1668 and from 1669 to 1670 and lived in Long Stow, Cambridgeshire.
He was created a baronet, of Hillfields in the County of Warwick, on 30 August 1660. He died in 1679 without issue and was buried in linen at Long Stow. The title died with him. He had married the daughter of 1st Baron Maynard.
References
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Honorary titles | ||
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Preceded by Sir Henry Massingberd |
High Sheriff of Bedfordshire 1668 |
Succeeded by ? De Lawney |
Preceded by Sir Thomas Brounsell |
High Sheriff of Bedfordshire 1669–1670 |
Succeeded by Richard Wagstaffe |
Baronetage of England | ||
New creation | Baronet (of Hillfields) 1660–1679 |
Extinct |
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