Sir Walter Covert (c. 1544 – 27 January 1632) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons several times during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries.

Covert was the eldest surviving son of Richard Covert of Slaugham, Sussex. He was educated at Gray's Inn in 1567. He was knighted in 1591.

He was appointed High Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex for 1583–84 and 1592–93. In 1581, 1586, 1614 and 1626 he was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Sussex, in 1584 for Newport, Cornwall and in 1593 for Petersfield.

He married twice: firstly Timothea, the daughter of John Lennard of Chevening, Kent and secondly Jane, the daughter and coheiress of Sir John Shurley of Isfield, Sussex. He died childless and was succeeded by his niece, who outlived him by only a few months. His widow remarried as her second husband John Freke, and as her third the statesman Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles.[1]

References

  1. ^ "COVERT, Sir Walter (c.1544-1632), of Slaugham, Suss". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
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Parliament of England Preceded byJohn JeffreyThomas Shirley Member of Parliament for Sussex 1581–1583 With: Thomas Shirley Succeeded byRobert SackvilleSir Thomas Shirley Preceded byGeorge BassetWilliam Marbury Member of Parliament for Newport 1584–1585 With: Robert Mordaunt Succeeded byJohn OsborneEdward Winter Preceded byRobert SackvilleSir Thomas Shirley Member of Parliament for Sussex 1586–1587 With: Thomas Pelham Succeeded bySir Thomas PalmerHenry Neville Preceded byBenjamin TichborneEdmund Marvyn Member of Parliament for Petersfield 1593 With: Richard Weston Succeeded byWilliam KingswellThomas Hanbury Preceded byCharles HowardHenry Carey Member of Parliament for Sussex 1614 With: Sampson Lennard Succeeded bySir Edward SackvilleChristopher Neville Preceded bySir Thomas Pelham, 2nd BaronetSir John Shurley Member of Parliament for Sussex 1626 With: Sir Alexander Temple Succeeded bySir William Goring, 1st BaronetRichard Lewknor
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