Edmund Sheffield, 2nd Earl of Mulgrave (December 1611 – 24 August 1658) was an English peer who supported the Parliamentary cause during the English Civil War period.
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Early life
Edmund Sheffield was born in December 1611 to Sir John Sheffield (drowned in 1614), son of Edmund Sheffield, 1st Earl of Mulgrave, and Grizel Anderson, daughter of Sir Edmund Anderson, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas.
House of Lords
As grandson of the First Earl, Mulgrave succeeded to his title in October 1646, and also succeeded his grandfather as Vice-Admiral of Yorkshire.
He sat in the House of Lords until its abolition, and was a member of the Council of State during the Commonwealth. In 1658 he was nominated as a member of Cromwell's Upper House, but, like most of the other peers summoned, declined to serve.
Personal life
Mulgrave married Elizabeth Cranfield, daughter of the Earl of Middlesex. They had a son, John. He had a sister Magdalena, a noted beauty. She married Sir Walter Walsh.
Death and legacy
On 24 August 1658, Mulgrave died. Their son, John, who succeeded to the earldom, was later created Marquess of Normanby and Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, and was Lord Privy Seal and Lord President of the Council during the reign of Queen Anne.