Ralph Bovey

Sir Ralph Bovey, 1st Baronet (died 11 October 1679), of Hillfields, Warwickshire, England was High Sheriff of Warwickshire and, later, Bedfordshire.

In 1633 he was admitted to Gray's Inn. He was an attorney of the Court of Common Pleas. He held the office of Sheriff of Warwickshire for 1652 and lived in Solihull, Warwickshire. He was High Sheriff of Bedfordshire in November 1668 and from 1669 to 1670 and lived in Long Stow, Cambridgeshire.

He was created a baronet, of Hillfields in the County of Warwick, on 30 August 1660. He died in 1679 without issue and was buried in linen at Long Stow. The title died with him. He had married the daughter of 1st Baron Maynard.

References

    Honorary titles
    Preceded by
    Sir Henry Massingberd    		 High Sheriff of Bedfordshire
    1668     		Succeeded by
    ? De Lawney
    Preceded by
    Sir Thomas Brounsell    		 High Sheriff of Bedfordshire
    1669–1670     		Succeeded by
    Richard Wagstaffe
    Baronetage of England
    New creation Baronet
    (of Hillfields)
    1660–1679     		Extinct


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