Portrait of John Peyton (c. 1560 - 1616)

John Peyton

1st Baronet Peyton of Isleham (1611 - 1616)
  • Born circa 1560
  • Deceased on December 19, 1616, at the approximate age of 55 years

Family

Occupations

  • governor of Jersey (1603 - 1630)
  • Member of Parliament for King's Lynn in 1572, 1584 and 1593
  • lieutenant-governor of Bergen op Zoom (1586 - 1587)
  • sheriff of Norfolk in 1588
  • deputy lieutenant of Cambridgeshire
  • lieutenant of the Tower of London (1597 - 1603)
  • Member of Parliament for Middlesex (1597)
  • Member of Parliament for Weymouth (1601)