Percival Hart (16th-century MP)


Sir Percival Hart of Lullingstone Castle, Kent was an English politician.

Career

Hart was the eldest surviving son of Sir George Hart of Lullingstone. He married Anne Manwood, Jane Stanhope, then Mary Morrison. He was educated at New College, Oxford and Gray's Inn.
Hart was Member of Parliament for Kent in 1598 following the death of William Brooke in a duel and for Lewes in 1601. He was knighted in 1601. In May 1603 he sent fish and poultry from the Lullingstone estate to James VI and I|King James at Theobalds.

Marriages and family

Hart married, firstly Anne, daughter of Sir Roger Manwood, and secondly, Jane, daughter of Edward Stanhope.
He had at least 2 sons and a daughter and was succeeded by William, his eldest son by his first wife. His second son was Sir Henry Hart, whose son Sir Percival Hart afterwards inherited Lullingstone Castle on William's childless death.