Origins and Early Commercial Ventures
William Waller was born in Knole, Sevenoaks, Kent, the son of Sir Thomas Waller and his wife Margaret Lennard, the daughter of Lord and Lady Dacre. His father was a descendant of the Waller family of Groombridge Place, Kent, constable of Dover Castle and member of parliament for Dover. His cousin was the Parliamentarian and regicide Hardress Waller. William Waller attended Magdalen College, Oxford, but did not graduate. He succeeded to the estates of his father in 1613 and was knighted on 30 June 1622.
As from 1636 Waller owned a quarter-share in the Providence Island Company.
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