James Sheffield, Baron Sheffield

James Sheffield, Baron Sheffield () was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England in 1640. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War.

Sheffield was the son of Edmund Sheffield and his wife Mariana Irwin. When his father became Earl of Mulgrave, he received the courtesy title Baron Sheffield.

In April 1640, Sheffield was elected Member of Parliament for St Mawes in the Short Parliament.[1] In 1642 he was a captain in the parliamentarian army of the Earl of Essex, and in 1645 a Colonel in the New Model Army.[2]

References

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ Stuart Asquith New Model Army 1645-60
Parliament of England
Preceded by
Parliament suspended since 1629		 Member of Parliament for St Mawes
1640
With: George Parry		 Succeeded by
George Parry
Richard Erisey