Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford (died 1449), Member of Parliament from 1400–1414, in the last of which he sat as Speaker. Won renown in the one hundred years war, fighting in many engagements including the Battle of Agincourt. He was appointed sheriff of Wiltshire in 1403, He was an English envoy at the Council of Constance in 1415. In 1417 he was made admiral of the fleet. On the death of Henry V he was an executor of Henry's will and a member of Protector Gloucester's council. He attended the conference at Arras in 1435, and was a Member of the House of Lords sitting as Baron Hungerford from January 1436 until his death in 1449.
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1378
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1449 (aged 70)
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