John George (died 1677)

John George (1594-1677) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640.

George was the son of Roger George. He entered Middle Temple on 1 July 1615 and was called to the bar on 23 May 1623.[1] He was Lord of the Manor of Baunton and a J.P. and Deputy Lieutenant for Gloucestershire.[1]

In 1626 George was elected Member of Parliament for Cirencester, and was re-elected in 1628 until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years. In April 1640, he was re-elected MP for Cirencester in the Short Parliament and in November 1640 he was re-elected for the Long Parliament.[2] In August 1642 he formed a garrison for Parliament at Cirencester, but was captured by Prince Rupert in the spring of 1643 and taken to Oxford. The Earl of Forth threatened to excute George if Colonel Fiennes the parliamentary governor of Bristol executed his prisoners. Although Fiennes did put his prisoners to death, the Earl of Forth relented and spared George. George thereupon changed his views and supported the King. He was accordingly disabled from sitting in parliament and retired to his estates. He became a bencher of his inn in November 1653 and Treasurer in November 1658.[1]

After the Restoration, George was re-elected MP for Cirencester in 1661 for the Cavalier Parliament and sat until his death in 1677.[3]

George died in December 1677 aged 85 and was buried at Baunton.[1]

George married Elizabeth Tirrell of Berkshire and had a daughter.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e W R Williams Parliamentary History of the County of Gloucester
  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. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 4)
Parliament of England
Preceded by
Sir Miles Sandys
Henry Poole		 Member of Parliament for Cirencester
1626-1629
With: Sir Neville Poole 1626
Sir Giles Escourt, 1st Baronet 1628-1629		 Succeeded by
Parliament suspended until 1640
Preceded by
Parliament suspended since 1629		 Member of Parliament for Cirencester
1640-1645
With: Henry Poole 1640
Sir Theobald Gorges 1640-1645		 Succeeded by
Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron
Nathaniel Rich
Preceded by
Thomas Master
Henry Powle		 Member of Parliament for Cirencester
1661-1677
With: The Earl of Newburgh
Henry Powle		 Succeeded by
Henry Powle
Sir Robert Atkyns