Sir Matthew Appleyard (c. 1607 – 20 February 1670),[1] also spelt Mathew, was an English military commander.
Biography
Appleyard was the son of Thomas Appleyard, the descendant of a family whose residence for several generations was
Burstwick Hall Garth, in the
East Riding of Yorkshire. His mother was his father's second wife, Elizabeth Turner, née Monkton.[2] In the
English Civil War, he took the side of the
royalists, and was knighted on the field by
Charles I. On the taking of
Leicester, the king "presently made Sir Mathew Appleyard, a soldier of known courage and experience, his lieutenant governor." He married Frances, daughter of the third Sir William Pelham, of
Brocklesby, Lincolnshire; sat in the
House of Commons of England as member for the corporation of
Hedon from 1661;[1] was one of his majesty's customers for the port of
Kingston-upon-Hull; was a firm supporter of Church and State, and died in 1669 in the 63rd year of his age.[3][2]
His son
Matthew (c. 1660–1700) was also an MP for Hedon.[4]
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"APPLEYARD, Matthew (c.1660-1700), of Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorks". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690–1715. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 18 June 2014.