Lambert Godfrey

Lambert Godfrey (born 1611) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1654 and 1659.

Godfrey was the eldest son of Thomas Godfrey, of Sellinge, Kent. He matriculated at Hart Hall, Oxford on 4 May 1627, aged 16 and was awarded BA on 19 February 1628. He was incorporated at Cambridge University in 1628 and called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1636.[1]

In 1654, Godfrey was elected Member of Parliament for Kent in the First Protectorate Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Kent in 1656 for the Second Protectorate Parliament. In 1659 he was elected MP for New Romney in the Third Protectorate Parliament.[2]

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Parliament of England
Preceded by
Viscount Lisle
Thomas Blount
William Kenrick
William Cullen
Andrew Broughton
Member of Parliament for Kent
1654-1656
With: Lieutenant Colonel Henry Oxenden 1654-1656
William James 1654-1656
Colonel John Dixwell 1654-1656
Ralph Weldon 1654-1656
Colonel Richard Beal 1654-1656
John Selliard 1654-1656
John Boys 1654-1656
Daniel Shatterden 1654-1656
Augustine Skinner 1654
Sir Henry Vane (senior) 1654
William James 1656
Richard Meredith 1656
Succeeded by
Sir Thomas Style, 2nd Baronet
William James
Preceded by
Not represented in Second Protectorate Parliament
Member of Parliament for New Romney
1659
With: Sir Robert Honeywood
Succeeded by
Not represented in Restored Rump
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