Robert Cunliffe (MP)

Robert Cunliffe (died 4 December 1653) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1653

Cunliffe was of Sparth in Clayton in the Moors, Lancashire and was an active parliamentarian. He was one of commissioners for sequestration for Lancashire in 1643 .^[1] In 1653, he was nominated as Member of Parliament for Lancashire in the Barebones Parliament.^[2] He died eight days before the dissolution of the parliament in 1653.

His only daughter married John Grimshaw son of John Grimshaw of Glayton Hall.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b William Duncombe Pink, Alfred B. Beaven The parliamentary representation of Lancashire, (county and borough), 1258-1885, with biographical and genealogical notices of the members, &c. (1889)
^ 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

Parliament of England
Preceded by Ralph Ashton Sir Richard Hoghton, 3rd Baronet	Member of Parliament for Lancashire 1653 With: William West John Sawry	Succeeded by Richard Holland Gilbert Ireland Richard Standish William Ashurst

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Date of death	4 December 1653
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