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] In 1643 he was mayor of Canterbury.[3]

Master(s) was elected MP for Canterbury in 1661 and sat until 1679 in the Cavalier Parliament.[4]

Master(s) died aged 80 and was buried with a memorial at St Paul's Church, Canterbury.[5]

References

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ Browne WIllis Notitia parliamentaria, or, An history of the counties, cities, and boroughs in England and Wales: ... The whole extracted from mss. and printed evidences 1750 pp229-239
  3. ^ []
  4. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 2)
  5. ^ Edward Hasted The History and topographical survey of the county of Kent, Volume 11
Parliament of England
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