He notably represented Bletchingley and Ludlow in Parliament and served as Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire and Shropshire.
Sir Edward Bishopp, 2nd Baronet (1602–1649), MP for Bletchingley, Bramber and Steyning
Hare, a Whig, was elected as Member of Parliament for Bletchingley in 1698, with Sir Robert Clayton.
Sir James Monk was a grandson of George Monk (b.1666) of Blatchingley, who was one of the three illegetimate sons of George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle.