Edward Master
Sir Edward Master(s) (2 August 1610 – 22 January 1691) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and to 1679.
Master(s) was High Sheriff of Kent in 1639.[1]
In April 1640, Master(s) was elected Member of Parliament for Canterbury for the Short Parliament. In November 1640, he was re-elected MP for Canterbury in the Long Parliament and remained until 1653, surviving Pride's Purge.[2]
Master(s) was elected MP for Canterbury in 1661 and sat until 1679 in the Cavalier Parliament.[3]
Master(s) died aged 80 and was buried with a memorial at St Paul's Church, Canterbury.[4]
References
- ↑ General history: Sheriffs of Kent, The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 1 (1797), pp. 177-213. Date accessed: 17 November 2010
- ↑ Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 229–239.
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 2)
- ↑ Edward Hasted The History and topographical survey of the county of Kent, Volume 11
| Parliament of England | ||
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| Preceded by Parliament suspended since 1629 |
Member of Parliament for Canterbury 1640-1653 With: John Nutt |
Succeeded by Not represented in Barebones parliament |
| Preceded by Anthony Aucher Heneage Finch |
Member of Parliament for Canterbury 1661-1679 With: Francis Lovelace (1661-1664) Thomas Hardres (1664-1679) |
Succeeded by Edward Hales William Jacob |
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