Silius Titus ( c 1623 - 1704 )

Birth: Bushey, Hertfordshire, England c 1623 Death: Bushey, Hertfordshire, England (December 1704) Burial: St James's Church, Bushey, Hertfordshire, England (December 1704) Profession: Politician, courtier, soldier; colonial official Education: Christ Church, Oxford (matriculated 1638); Middle Temple (1639) Career: Captain in the Parliamentary Army (1642-1646, 1660); Member of the King's Household on the Isle of Wight (1647) helped orchestrate an escape attempt and went into exile; Groom of the Bedchamber to Charles II (1650-1651, 1660-1675); royalist agent during the Interregnum; a Presbyterian, he negotiated between the Royalists and the Levellers; MP for Ludgershall (1660); MP for Lostwithiel (1670-1678); MP for Hertfordshire (1678-1679); MP for Huntingdonshire (1679-1681); MP for Ludlow (1691-1695), known as a frequent and witty speaker in the House; Keeper of Deal Castle (1661-1669); Keeper of Bushey Park, Middlesex (1660); Justice of the peace, Hertfordshire (1660-1680); Colonel of the Cinque Ports Militia (1661-1669); Commissioner for Assessment for Middlesex (1661-1663), for Kent (1664-1669), for Leicestershire (1673-1679), for Hertfordshire (1673-1680), and for Huntingdonshire (1677-1680); Assistant, Royal Adventurers into Africa (1663); Assistant, Royal Fishing Company (1664); surveor of highways, Bushey (1665, 1680); Captain of a Company in the Admiral's Regiment (1666); Privy Councillor (1688); Commissioner for Trade (1668-1672) Commissioner for Plantations (1670-1672); Cmmisioner for Trade and Plantations (1672-1674); Conservator of the Bedford Level (1679-death); Deputy-Lieutenant of Hertfordshire (1680-1681, 1687-1689, 1701-death); Commissioner for Inquiry into Recusancy Fines (1687); freeman, Ludlow (1691) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 14/01/1669 Proposers: John Wilkins.