List of MPs elected to the English Parliament in 1660

This is a list of Members of Parliament (MPs) in the Convention Parliament which began at Westminster on 25 April 1660, and was held until 29 December 1660. It was elected as a "free parliament",^[1] i.e. with no oath of allegiance to the Commonwealth or to the monarchy. The last parliament called by Royal Authority was originally the Long Parliament called on 3 November 1640, but subsequently reduced to the Rump parliament under Pride's Purge. There were four intervening parliaments called under the Commonwealth. The restored Rump Parliament had finally voted for its own dissolution on 16 March and summoned the new Convention Parliament.

The Convention Parliament was predominantly Royalist in its membership and called back the King, and restored the Constitution in Church and State. After the Declaration of Breda had been received, Parliament proclaimed on 8 May that King Charles II had been the lawful monarch since the death of Charles I in January 1649. The Convention Parliament then proceeded to conduct the necessary preparation for the Restoration Settlement.

List of constituencies and members

Robert Bruce, Lord Bruce, Bedfordshire

Roger Palmer, Windsor

Dudley North, Cambridge

George Monck Cambridge and Devon

George Booth, Cheshire

Heneage Finch, Michell and Canterbury.

William Morice, Newport

Charles Howard, Cumberland.

The Duke of Newcastle.

John Maynard, Tavistock

Thomas Clifford, Totnes

William Russell, Tavistock

Denzil Holles, Dorchester

Edward Montagu, Weymouth and Dover

William Penn, Dorchester

Sir Ralph Bankes, Corfe Castle

Edward Turnour, Essex

Sir Harbottle Grimston Colchester

Matthew Hale, Gloucestershire

Sir Edward Massie

John Marsham, Rochester

Richard Legh, Newton

William Waller, Middlesex

Richard Browne, London.

Henry Somerset, Monmouthshire

Robert Paston, Yarmouth

Richard Raynsford, Northampton

John Rushworth, Berwick.

William Pierrepont, Nottinghamshire

Colonel John Hutchinson, Nottingham

Thomas Jones, Shrewsbury

William Prynne, Bath

Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper, Wiltshire

Thomas Fairfax, Yorkshire

Andrew Marvell, Hull

George Savile, Pontefract

Edward Montagu, Dover

Arthur Annesley Carmarthernshire

John Glynne, Carnarvonshire

This list contains details of the MPs elected in 1660.

Constituency	Members	Notes
Bedfordshire	Robert, Lord Bruce Samuel Browne
Bedford	Sir Samuel Luke Humphrey Winch	Winch created baronet 1660
Constituency	Members	Notes
Berkshire	Richard Powle Sir Robert Pye
Abingdon	Sir George Stonhouse, 3rd Baronet
Reading	John Blagrave Thomas Rich
Wallingford	Robert Packer Hungerford Dunch	Dunch chose to sit for Cricklade - replaced by Thomas Saunders
Windsor	Alexander Baker Roger Palmer
Constituency	Members	Notes
Buckinghamshire	William Bowyer Thomas Tyrrill
Amersham	Charles Cheyne Thomas Proby
Aylesbury	Richard Ingoldsby Thomas Lee
Buckingham	John Dormer Sir Richard Temple, 3rd Baronet
Marlow	Peregrine Hoby William Borlase
Wendover	Richard Hampden John Baldwin
Wycombe	Edmund Petty Richard Browne	Browne knighted 1660
Constituency	Members	Notes
Cambridgeshire	Thomas Wendy Isaac Thornton
Cambridge	Sir Dudley North Sir Thomas Wills, 1st Baronet
Cambridge University	George Monck Thomas Crouch	Monck sat for Devon - replaced by William Montagu
Constituency	Members	Notes
Cheshire	Sir George Booth, 2nd Baronet Thomas Mainwaring	Mainwaring created baronet 1660
City of Chester	John Ratcliffe William Ince
Constituency	Members	Notes
Cornwall	Sir John Carew, 3rd Baronet Robert Robartes
Bodmin	Hender Robartes John Silly
Bossiney	Francis Gerard Charles Pym
Callington	Robert Rolle Edward Herle
Camelford	Peter Killigrew Samuel Trelawny	Double return - seated 5 May - election voided 27 June
Fowey	Edward Herle John Barton
Grampound	Thomas Herle Hugh Boscawen
Helston	Anthony Rous Alexander Penhellick	Double return - seated 5 May - election voided 12 June
Launceston	Thomas Gewen Edward Eliot
Liskeard	John Connock John Robinson	Double return - seated 5 May
Eastlow	Henry Seymour Jonathan Trelawny
Westlow	John Buller John Kendall
Lostwithiel	Walter Moyle John Clayton
Mitchel	Thomas Carew Heneage Finch	Double return - seated 5 May
Newport	William Morice Sir Francis Drake, 2nd Baronet
Penryn	Samuel Enys James Robyns
St Germans	John Eliot Richard Knightley
St Ives	John St Aubyn James Praed
St Mawes	William Tredenham Arthur Spry
Saltash	Francis Buller Anthony Buller
Tregoney	Sir John Temple Edward Boscawen	Double return - seated 5 May
Truro	Edward Boscowen Walter Vincent
Constituency	Members	Notes
Cumberland	Sir Wilfred Lawson Charles Howard
Carlisle	William Briscoe Jeremiah Tolhurst
Cockermouth	Richard Tolson Wilfrid Lawson
Constituency	Members	Notes
Derbyshire	Viscount Mansfield John Ferrers
Derby	Roger Allestry John Dalton
Constituency	Members	Notes
Devon	Sir John Northcote, 1st Baronet George Monck	Monck also elected for Cambridge University
Ashburton	John Fowell Sir William Courtenay, 1st Baronet
Barnstaple	John Rolle Nicholas Dennys
Bere Alston	John Maynard George Howard	Maynard chose to sit for Tavistock - replaced by Richard Arundell
Clifton Dartmouth Hardness	John Frederick John Hale
Exeter	Thomas Bampfield John Maynard
Honiton	John Yonge Samuel Serle
Okehampton	Josias Calmady Edward Wise
Plymouth	John Maynard Edmund Fowell	Double Return. Maynard and Fowell replaced in June 1660 by William Morice and Samuel Trelawny. Maynard sat for Exeter, Fowell retired.
Plympton Erle	William Strode Christopher Martyn
Tavistock	William Russell George Howard	Double return - Howard seated 27 April
Tiverton	Thomas Bampfield Robert Shapcote	Bampfield chose to sit for Exeter - replaced July 1660 by Roger Colman; Colman died - replaced by Henry Newte
Totnes	Thomas Chafe Thomas Clifford
Constituency	Members	Notes
Dorset	John Fitzjames Robert Coker
Bridport	John Drake Henry Henley
Corfe Castle	Ralph Bankes John Tregonwell
Dorchester	Denzil Holles John Whiteway
Lyme Regis	Walter Yonge Thomas Moore	Moore sat for Heytesbury and was replaced 18 June 1660 by Henry Hyde
Poole	George Cooper Sir Walter Erle
Shaftesbury	Thomas Grove James Baker
Wareham	George Pitt Robert Culliford
Weymouth	Edward Montagu William Penn	Montagu sat for Dover and was replaced by Bullen Reymes
Melcombe	Henry Waltham Peter Middleton	Double return - Middleton seated 5 May
Constituency	Members	Notes
Essex	John Bramston Edward Turnor
Colchester	John Shaw Sir Harbottle Grimston, 2nd Baronet
Harwich	Capel Luckyn Henry Wright
Maldon	Henry Mildmay Tristram Conyers	Double return - Mildmay seated 27 Apr 1660 but election voided. Replaced by Edward Herrys
Constituency	Members	Notes
Gloucestershire	Edward Stephens Matthew Hale
Cirencester	Thomas Master Henry Powle
Gloucester	Edward Massie James Stephens
Tewkesbury	Henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell Richard Dowdeswell
Constituency	Members	Notes
Andover	John Trott John Collins
Christchurch	John Hildesley Henry Tulse
Hampshire	John Bulkeley Richard Norton
Lymington	John Button jun. Henry Bromfield
Newport al. Medina	William Oglander Robert Dillington
Newtown	Sir John Barrington, 3rd Baronet Sir Henry Worsley, 2nd Baronet
Petersfield	Thomas Cole Arthur Bold
Portsmouth	Richard Norton Henry Whithed	Norton chose to sit for Hampshire - replaced by Andrew Henley
Southampton	William Stanley Robert Richbell
Stockbridge	Francis Rivett John Evelyn
Whitchurch	Robert Wallop Giles Hungerford
Winchester	John Hooke Thomas Cole
Yarmouth	Sir John Leigh Richard Lucy
Constituency	Members	Notes
Herefordshire	Edward Harley William Powell
Hereford	Herbert Westfaling Roger Bosworth
Leominster	John Birch Edward Pytts
Weobley	James Pytts Richard Weston	Election declared void 16 July
Constituency	Members	Notes
Hertfordshire	Rowland Lytton Henry Caesar
Hertford	Arthur Sparke James Cowper
St Albans	Richard Jennings William Foxwist
Constituency	Members	Notes
Huntingdonshire	Henry Cromwell-Williams Viscount Mandeville
Huntingdon	Nicholas Pedley John Bernard
Constituency	Members	Notes
Kent	Sir John Tufton, 2nd Baronet Sir Edward Dering, 2nd Baronet
Canterbury	Sir Anthony Aucher Heneage Finch
Maidstone	Thomas Twisden Robert Barnham	Twisden replaced by Sir Edward Hales, 2nd Baronet
Queenborough	James Herbert William Wheler
Rochester	John Marsham Peter Pett
Constituency	Members	Notes
Lancashire	Sir Robert Bindlosse, 1st Baronet Roger Bradshaigh
Clitheroe	Sir Ralph Assheton, 2nd Baronet, of Lever William White
Lancaster	Col.William West Sir Gilbert Gerard, 1st Baronet of Harrow on the Hill
Liverpool	Gilbert Ireland William Stanley
Newton	Richard Legh William Banks
Preston	Alexander Rigby Richard Standish
Wigan	Hugh Forth William Gardiner
Constituency	Members	Notes
Leicestershire	Thomas Merry Matthew Babington
Leicester	Thomas Armeston John Grey
Constituency	Members	Notes
Lincolnshire	Edward Rossiter Viscount Castleton
Boston	Sir Anthony Irby Thomas Hatcher
Grantham	John Newton Thomas Skipwith
Grimsby	William Wray Edward King
Lincoln	John Monson Thomas Meres
Stamford	John Hatcher Francis Wingfield
Constituency	Members	Notes
Middlesex	Lancelot Lake Sir William Waller
City of London	William Wilde John Robinson William Vincent Richard Browne
Westminster	Gilbert Gerard Thomas Clarges
Constituency	Members	Notes
Monmouthshire	William Morgan Henry Somerset
Monmouth	Sir Trevor Williams, 1st Baronet
Constituency	Members	Notes
Norfolk	Sir Horatio Townsend, 3rd Baronet The Lord Cramond
Castle Rising	Sir John Holland, 1st Baronet John Spelman
Yarmouth	Sir John Potts, 1st Baronet William D'Oyly
King's Lynn	Sir Ralph Hare, 1st Baronet Edward Walpole
Norwich	William Barnham Thomas Rant
Thetford	Sir Philip Wodehouse, 3rd Baronet Robert Paston
Constituency	Members	Notes
Northamptonshire	John Crew Sir Henry Yelverton, 2nd Baronet
Brackley	Thomas Crew William Lisle
Higham Ferrars	Sir Thomas Dacres
Northampton	Francis Harvey Sir Richard Rainsford
Peterborough	Humphrey Orme Charles Fane, Lord le Despencer
Constituency	Members	Notes
Northumberland	Sir William Fenwick, 2nd Baronet Ralph Delaval
Berwick upon Tweed	John Rushworth Sir Thomas Widdrington	Widdrington chose York - replaced by Edward Grey
Morpeth	Thomas Widdrington Ralph Knight
Newcastle	Robert Ellison Sir Francis Anderson
Constituency	Members	Notes
Nottinghamshire	Lord Houghton William Pierrepont
East Retford	Sir William Hickman, 2nd Baronet Wentworth Fitzgerald, 17th Earl of Kildare
Nottingham	Arthur Stanhope John Hutchinson	Hutchinson discharged as Regicide. Replaced by Robert Pierrepont
Constituency	Members	Notes
Oxfordshire	Thomas Viscount Wenman Hon. James Fiennes
Oxford	Henry Cary, 4th Viscount Falkland James Huxley
Oxford University	Thomas Clayton John Mylles
Woodstock	Sir Thomas Spencer, 3rd Baronet Edward Atkins
Banbury	Sir Anthony Cope, 4th Baronet
Constituency	Members	Notes
Rutland	Philip Sherard Samuel Browne
Constituency	Members	Notes
Shropshire	Sir William Whitmore, 2nd Baronet Henry Vernon
Bishops Castle	Edmund Waring William Oakeley
Bridgnorth	Sir Walter Acton, 2nd Baronet John Bennet
Ludlow	Job Charlton Timothy Littleton
Shrewsbury	Samuel Jones Thomas Jones
Wenlock	Thomas Whitmore Sir Francis Lawley, 2nd Baronet
Constituency	Members	Notes
Somerset	George Horner Hugh Smith
Bath	Alexander Popham William Prynne
Bridgwater	Sir Thomas Wroth Francis Rolle
Bristol	John Stephens John Knight
Ilchester	Robert Hunt Henry Dunster
Milborne Port	William Milborne Michael Malet
Minehead	Francis Luttrell Charles Pym
Taunton	William Wyndham Thomas Gorges
Wells	Henry Bull Thomas White
Constituency	Members	Notes
Staffordshire	Edward Bagot William Sneyd
Lichfield	Daniel Watson Michael Biddulph	Biddulph replaced by Thomas Minors
Newcastle under Lyme	Samuel Terrick John Bowyer
Stafford	John Swinfen Sir Charles Wolseley, 2nd Baronet
Tamworth	Richard Newdigate Thomas Fox
Constituency	Members	Notes
Suffolk	Sir Henry Felton, 2nd Baronet Henry North
Aldeburgh	Robert Brooke Thomas Bacon
Bury St Edmunds	Sir Henry Crofts Sir John Duncombe
Dunwich	John Rous Henry Bedingfield
Eye	Charles Cornwallis George Reeve
Ipswich	Nathaniel Bacon Francis Bacon
Orford	Walter Devereux Allen Brodrick
Sudbury	John Gurdon Joseph Brand
Constituency	Members	Notes
Surrey	The Lord Aungier Daniel Harvey
Bletchingly	John Goodwin Sir John Evelyn
Gatton	Thomas Turgis Sir Edmund Bowyer
Guildford	Sir Richard Onslow Arthur Onslow
Haslemere	John Westbrooke Richard West
Reigate	John Hele Edward Thurland
Southwark	John Langham Thomas Bludworth
Constituency	Members	Notes
Sussex	Sir Henry Goring, 2nd Baronet Sir John Pelham, 3rd Baronet
Arundel	Roger Buyle, Lord Broghill Henry Cary, 4th Viscount Falkland	Falkland sat for Oxford - replaced by John Trevor
Bramber	John Byne Edward Eversfield
Chichester	Henry Peckham John Farrington
East Grinstead	Marmaduke Gresham George Courthope
Horsham	Thomas Middleton Hall Ravenscroft
Lewes	Nizel Rivers John Stapley
Midhurst	William Willoughby John Steward
New Shoreham	Edward Blaker Herbert Springet
Steyning	Sir Henry Goring, 2nd Baronet John Fagg	Goring sat for Sussex - replaced by John Eversfield
Constituency	Members	Notes
Warwickshire	Thomas Archer George Browne
Coventry	Robert Beake Richard Hopkins
Warwick	Clement Throckmorton John Rous
Constituency	Members	Notes
Westmoreland	Sir John Lowther, 1st Baronet, of Lowther Thomas Wharton
Appleby	Henry Cholmley Christopher Clapham
Constituency	Members	Notes
Wiltshire	John Ernle Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper
Calne	Edward Baytun William Duckett
Chippenham	Edward Hungerford Edward Poole
Cricklade	Hungerford Dunch Nevil Maskelyne
Devizes	William Lewis Robert Aldworth
Downton	Thomas Fitzjames William Coles
Great Bedwyn	Robert Spencer Thomas Gape	Double return - seated 16 May
Heytesbury	Thomas Moore John Joliffe	Moore also elected for Lyme Regis
Hindon	George Grobham Howe Sir Thomas Thynne	Double return - Thynne seated 18 May
Ludgershall	William Prynne William Thomas	Double return - Thomas seated 23 May
Marlborough	Henry Hungerford Jeffrey Daniel
Malmesbury	Robert Danvers Sir Francis Lee, 4th Baronet
Old Sarum	Seymour Bowman John Norden
Salisbury	Henry Eyre Edward Tooker
Westbury	Richard Lewis William Brouncker
Wilton	Francis Swanton Richard Grobham Howe
Wootton Bassett	John Pleydell Henry Somerset	Somerset sat for Monmouthshire - replaced by Sir Baynham Throckmorton, 3rd Baronet
Constituency	Members	Notes
Worcestershire	Henry Bromley John Talbot
Bewdley	Thomas Foley
Droitwich	Samuel Sandys Thomas Coventry
Evesham	John Egioke Sir Thomas Rouse, 1st Baronet
Worcester	Thomas Hall Thomas Street
Constituency	Members	Notes
Yorkshire	Thomas Lord Fairfax John Dawnay
Aldborough	Solomon Swale Francis Goodricke
Beverley	Hugh Bethell Sir John Hotham, 2nd Baronet	Bethell sat for Hedon - replaced by Michael Warton
Boroughbridge	Conyers Darcy Henry Stapylton
Hedon	John Cloberry Hugh Bethell	Cloberry chose to sit for Launceston - replaced by Henry Hildyard
Kingston upon Hull	John Ramsden Andrew Marvell
Knaresborough	William Stockdale Henry Bethell
Malton	Philip Howard Thomas Hebblethwaite
Northallerton	Thomas Lascelles Francis Lascelles
Pontefract	William Lowther Sir George Savile, 4th Baronet
Richmond	Sir Christopher Wyvill, 3rd Baronet James Darcy
Ripon	Edmund Jennings Henry Arthington	Double return - seated 3 May
Scarborough	Luke Robinson John Legard
Thirsk	Barrington Bourchier William Stanley	Stanley sat for Liverpool - replaced by The Earl of Ancram
York	Sir Thomas Widdrington Metcalfe Robinson
Dover	Edward Montagu Arnold Braemes
Hastings	Denny Ashburnham Nicholas Delves
Hythe	The Viscount Strangford Phineas Andrews
Romney	Sir Norton Knatchbull, 1st Baronet John Knatchbull
Rye	William Hay Herbert Morley
Sandwich	Henry Oxenden James Thurbarne
Seaford	Sir Thomas Dyke George Parker
Winchelsea	William Howard Samuel Gott
Constituency	Members	Notes
Anglesey	The Viscount Bulkeley
Newburgh	Griffith Bodwrda
Brecknockshire	Sir William Lewis, 1st Baronet
Brecknock	Sir Henry Williams, 2nd Baronet
Cardiganshire	Sir Richard Pryse, 2nd Baronet
Cardigan	James Philipps
Carmarthenshire	John Lloyd
Carmarthen	Arthur Annesley
Carnarvonshire	John Glynne
Carnarvon	Wiliam Glynne
Denbighshire	Sir Thomas Myddelton
Denbigh	John Carter
Flintshire	Kenrick Eyton
Flint	Roger Whitley
Glamorgan	Sir Edward Mansel, 4th Baronet
Cardiff	Bussy Mansell
Merioneth	Edmund Meyricke
Montgomeryshire	John Purcell
Montgomery	Thomas Myddelton
Pembrokeshire	Arthur Owen
Pembroke	Sir Hugh Owen, 1st Baronet
Haverford West	William Philipps
Radnorshire	George Gwynne
Radnor	Robert Harley

See also

• List of MPs elected to the English parliament in 1659

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
• Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808)

1. History of England, Thomas Babington Macaulay pp 109-110