William Waller ( c 1639 - 1699 )

Birth: c 1639 Death; 18 July 1699 Education: Leyden (admitted 1647) Career: Commissioner for Militia, Middlesex and Westminster (1660); Prizer and Butler of Wine Imports (1668-1685, 1689-death); inherited Osterley Park, Middlesex, from his father (1668) and sold it (1670); brought up as a Presbyterian, he was active against Roman Catholics at the time of the Popish Plot; Commissioner for Assessment for Middlesex and Westminster (1679-1680); MP for Westminster (1680-1681); imprisoned in the Fleet for debt; fled to Holland, where he became a burgher of Amsterdam, and then to Germany; Colonel-in-Chief of Militia, Bremen, Germany (1683-1684), from which post he was dismissed after protests from Whitehall; Colonel in the Army of Brunswick-Luneberg (1684); Colonel in the Dutch Army (to 1688); Gentleman of the Privy Chamber (1689-death); died in poverty Membership: Fellow Election Date: 20/02/1679 Proposers: Robert Bruce; Sir Joseph Williamson.