# Christopher Erle

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{{Short description|English lawyer and politician}}
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[[File:ErleArms.png|thumb|200px|Arms of Erle: ''Gules, three escallops argent a bordure engrailed of the last''<ref>[Pole, Sir William](/source/William_Pole_(antiquary)) (d.1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon, [Sir John-William de la Pole](/source/Sir_John_de_la_Pole%2C_6th_Baronet) (ed.), London, 1791, p.481; Sir William Pole (d.1635) of Shute, Devon, author of this work, was the uncle of Col. Sir Walter Erle (1586-1665) of Charborough, the son of his sister Dorothy Pole</ref>]]
'''Christopher Erle''' (c. 1590 &ndash; 1634) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the [House of Commons](/source/House_of_Commons_of_England) at various times between 1621 and 1629.

Erle was born at [Sturminster Marshall](/source/Sturminster_Marshall), the son of Thomas Erle of [Charborough House](/source/Charborough_House) in [Dorset](/source/Dorset) and his wife Dorothy Pole, daughter of William Pole of [Cullompton](/source/Cullompton), Devon. He matriculated at [Christ Church, Oxford](/source/Christ_Church%2C_Oxford) on 10 June 1608, aged 18.  He was called to the bar at [Middle Temple](/source/Middle_Temple) in 1617.<ref name=Alumni>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=117057   'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Eade-Eyton', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp. 440-479. Retrieved 9 December 2011]</ref> Erle and his brother [Sir Walter Erle](/source/Walter_Erle) were issued shares in the [Virginia Company](/source/Virginia_Company) in 1620.<ref name=Russell>[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fordingtondorset/Files/ChristopherErle.html Michael Russell ''Christopher Erle'']</ref>
 
In 1621, Erle was elected [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament) for [Weymouth and Melcombe Regis](/source/Weymouth_and_Melcombe_Regis_(UK_Parliament_constituency)).<ref name=Alumni/> He shared puritan ideals with [Rev. John White](/source/John_White_(colonist_priest)) in Dorchester and with his brother Walter invested in the [Dorchester Company](/source/Dorchester_Company).<ref name=Russell/> He was elected MP for Poole in 1626. In 1628 he was elected MP for [Lyme Regis](/source/Lyme_Regis) and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.<ref name=Willis>{{Cite Notitia Parliamentaria|converted=1|part=2|pages=229–239}}</ref>
 
Erle died at the age of about 44 and was buried in the middle aisle of the [Temple Church](/source/Temple_Church) on 4 April 1634.<ref name=Alumni/>

Erle married Elizabeth Denny, daughter of Edward Denny of Stortford on 26 April 1623 at Birchanger in Essex. Their son Christopher born in 1624 was MP for Essex in 1653.<ref name=Russell/>

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| title=[Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament) for [Weymouth and Melcombe Regis](/source/Weymouth_and_Melcombe_Regis_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) 
| before= [Sir Charles Caesar](/source/Charles_Caesar)
| before2= [Robert Bateman](/source/Robert_Bateman_(MP))
| before3= [Bernard Michell](/source/Bernard_Michell)
| before4= [John Roy](/source/John_Roy_(MP))  
| with= [John Freke](/source/John_Freke_(MP))  
| with2=[Giles Green](/source/Giles_Green) 
| with3= [Matthew Pitt](/source/Matthew_Pitt)
| years= 1621–1622
| after= [Arthur Pyne](/source/Arthur_Pyne)  
| after2= [Matthew Pitt](/source/Matthew_Pitt)
| after3= [Thomas Giear](/source/Thomas_Giear)  
| after4= [John Freke](/source/John_Freke_(MP)) 
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| title=[Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament) for [Poole](/source/Poole_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) 
| before=  [John Pyne](/source/John_Pyne)
| before2= [Sir John Cooper](/source/Sir_John_Cooper%2C_1st_Baronet)
| with= [John Pyne](/source/John_Pyne)
| years=1626
| after= [John Pyne](/source/John_Pyne)
| after2= [Sir John Cooper](/source/Sir_John_Cooper%2C_1st_Baronet)
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| before=  [Sir Walter Erle](/source/Walter_Erle)
| before2= [Thomas Paramour](/source/Thomas_Paramour)
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| title=[Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament) for [Lyme Regis](/source/Lyme_Regis_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) 
| with= [Thomas Paramour](/source/Thomas_Paramour)
| years=1628–1629
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Category:English MPs 1626
Category:English MPs 1628–1629
Category:Members of the Middle Temple
Category:Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Lyme Regis
Category:Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis
Category:Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Poole

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