11 Facts About Alexander Temple

Alexander Temple was born at Stowe House in 1583 and knighted in 1603.

Alexander Temple was buried in Rochester Cathedral where there was a memorial to him which is lost.

Alexander Temple was the brother of Sir Thomas Temple and the brother-in-law of Viscount Saye and Sele.

Alexander Temple died in 1629 and was buried in Rochester Cathedral.

Alexander Temple was probably admitted to New College, Oxford in 1599.

In 1604, Alexander Temple was elected as an assistant warden of the Rochester Bridge Trust.

Alexander Temple continued to serve on the court in various roles for the following eleven years.

Alexander Temple was chosen as the senior warden in 1606 and the junior warden in 1612.

Alexander Temple was nominated as MP for Boston in 1621, but lost out to Sir Thomas Cheeke.

In 1624, Alexander Temple tried to take the Winchelsea parliamentary seat from the control of the Finch family and succeeded in having John Finch's return invalidated.

In 1626, Alexander Temple was elected to the 2nd Parliament of King Charles I as MP for Sussex.