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List of MPs elected to the English Parliament in 1660

List of MPs elected to the English Parliament in 1660

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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.

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References

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

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