Ralph Weldon was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1654 to 1656. He fought in the Parliamentary army in the English Civil War.
Weldon was the son of Sir Anthony Weldon of Swanscombe, Kent. He was admitted at Jesus College, Cambridge on 24 November 1620. He became a commander in the Parliamentary Army at Taunton, Somerset, and took part in the siege of Bristol in 1645. He was governor of Plymouth in 1645.[1]
In 1654, Weldon was elected Member of Parliament for Kent in the First Protectorate Parliament and was re-elected MP for Kent in 1656 for the Second Protectorate Parliament.[2]
| Parliament of England | ||
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| Preceded by Sir John Colepeper Augustine Skinner |
Member of Parliament for Kent 1645-1648 With: Augustine Skinner |
Succeeded by Augustine Skinner |
| Preceded by Viscount Lisle Thomas Blount William Kenrick William Cullen Andrew Broughton |
Member of Parliament for Kent 1654-1656 With: Lieutenant Colonel Henry Oxenden 1654-1656 William James 1654-1656 Colonel John Dixwell 1654-1656 Lambert Godfrey 1654-1656 Colonel Richard Beal 1654-1656 John Selliard 1654-1656 John Boys 1654-1656 Daniel Shatterden 1654-1656 Augustine Skinner 1654 Sir Henry Vane (senior) 1654 William James 1656 Richard Meredith 1656 |
Succeeded by Sir Thomas Style, 2nd Baronet William James |