John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton

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English nobleman colonial proprietor diplomat member of the English peerage royalist soldier

John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton, was a 17th-century English royalist soldier, diplomat, and colonial proprietor influential in the early development of New Jersey.

Aliases (1)

Baron Berkeley of Stratton ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	English nobleman → colonial proprietor → diplomat → member of the English peerage → royalist soldier →
acquiredTerritoryFrom	James, Duke of York →
allegiance	House of Stuart → Royalists →
associatedWithEvent	English Civil War → Restoration of Charles II →
battle	Battle of Stratton →
birthYear	1602 →
colonialRegion	American colonies →
coProprietorOf	Province of New Jersey →
coProprietorWith	Sir George Carteret →
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of England →
deathYear	1678 →
era	17th century →
familyName	Berkeley →
givenName	John →
heldOffice	Lord Lieutenant of Ireland → Lord President of Connaught → Lord of the Bedchamber → ambassador to France →
house	Berkeley family →
influenced	early governance of New Jersey →
language	English →
militaryBranch	Royalist army →
militaryRank	colonel →
monarchServed	Charles I of England → Charles II of England →
nobleTitle	Baron Berkeley of Stratton →
notableFor	role in early development of New Jersey → service in the English Civil War →
peerage	Peerage of England →
placeOfActivity	England NERFINISHED → France → Ireland → North America →
politicalAlignment	Royalist →
religion	Anglicanism →
roleInNewJersey	proprietary governor in absentia →
sibling	Charles Berkeley, 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge → Sir William Berkeley →
soldInterestIn	New Jersey →
spouse	Christian Riccard →
titleCreatedBy	King Charles I of England →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Sir George Carteret →	coProprietorWith
Berkeley Square →	namedAfter
John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton ("Baron Berkeley of Stratton") →	nobleTitle