Edward Hungerford, born by 1532, was the son of
Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford of Heytesbury and his second wife, Alice Sandys, the daughter of
William Sandys, 1st Baron Sandys. He was a
gentleman pensioner by May 1558. He was a
J.P. for Wiltshire by 1583. From 1594 to 1595 he was
High Sheriff of Wiltshire. He was an extensive landowner when he succeeded to the estates of his half-brother Sir
Walter Hungerford (Knight of Farley) in about 1596. In 1598 he became collector for the loan. He supplied a light horse for Ireland in 1600 and 1601. After the rebellion of the
Earl of Essex, he was given custody of his relative
William, Lord Sandys. He was knighted in 1601, and elected
Member of Parliament for
Wiltshire. In 1602, he purchased the manor of Corsham, and in 1604 was granted further manors in Berkshire, Cornwall, Somerset and Wiltshire which had formerly belonged to his father (whose lands had been forfeited along with his life when he was found guilty of being a traitor). Hungerford made his will on 1 December 1607, and died four days later. ==Family==