John Tracy, 1st Viscount Tracy
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Who is John Tracy, 1st Viscount Tracy?
John Tracy, 1st Viscount Tracy was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1597.
Tracy was the son and heir of Sir John Tracy who was High Sheriff of Gloucestershire in 1578. He was admitted to the Inner Temple in November 1580, and granted special livery of his father's estates on 14 February 1592. In 1597, he was elected Member of Parliament for Gloucestershire. He was probably knighted by James I on 23 July 1603. In 1609, he was High Sheriff of Gloucestershire. He was created Viscount Tracy, of Rathcoole in the County of Dublin, a title in the Peerage of Ireland, on 12 January 1643, being then "72 years old or more.".
Tracy died in or before 1648 when administration was given of his estates.
Tracy married Anne Shirley, daughter of Sir Thomas Shirley of Wiston, Sussex in about 1590.
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