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Election to Parliament

England · Government / Government of England. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1614–1679Date range
2Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1614

Thomas Wentworth Strafford, 1st1614

Yorkshire · Government / Government of England

Wentworth was first elected to the House of Commons as a Yorkshire representative.

1679

John Churchill Marlborough, 1stMarch 1679

Newtown, Isle of Wight · Government / Government of England

Is elected Member of Parliament for Newtown on the Isle of Wight and serves during the short 1679 Parliament.

Names involved

John Churchill Marlborough, 1stThomas Wentworth Strafford, 1st

Provenance

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