BERKELEY, ROBERT
Arms.—Quarterly.
1st and 4th; gu., a chevron between 10 cinquefoils ar. Berkeley.
2nd and 3rd; gu., a lion rampant arg., ducally crowned or. Hayward.
Crest.—A bear's head couped arg., muzzled gu.
Helmet.—That of an Esquire.
[Polano. The Historie of the Council of Trent. London, 1620.]
Robert Berkeley (born 1713, died 20th December 1804) was a son of Thomas Berkeley of Spetchley in Worcestershire. He wrote several anonymous treatises, both political and theological, on questions of his time. He married three times but left no issue. Thomas Phillips wrote his Life of Cardinal Pole while he was chaplain at Spetchley.
