John Backhouse
| John Backhouse | |
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| Born | 1584 |
| Died | 1649, aged 65 yrs |
| Nationality | British |
| Known for | New River Company |
Sir John Backhouse KB (1584–1649) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1625 to 1629. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War.
Backhouse was the son of Samuel Backhouse of Swallowfield Park in Berkshire and his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Borlase of Little Marlow in Buckinghamshire.[1] In the early 1600s, he helped found the New River Company to bring a new water supply to the City of London. In 1625, he was elected Member of Parliament for Great Marlow and was re-elected MP for Great Marlow in 1626.[2] He was made Knight of the Bath at the coronation of King Charles I in 1626,[1] the year in which he inherited Swallowfield Park. In 1628 he was re-elected MP for Great Marlow and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.[2]
Backhouse supported the King in the Civil War and as a result he was imprisoned and his estates were sequestrated. He died on 9 October 1649 and a monument was erected to his memory by his widow in Swallowfield Church.[1]
Backhouse married Flower (Flora),[1] daughter of Benjamin Henshawe of the City of London. They had no children.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 'Parishes: Swallowfield', A History of the County of Berkshire: Volume 3 (1923), pp. 267-274. Date accessed: 09 July 2011
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 .... London. pp. 229–239.
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| Preceded by Henry Borlase Thomas Cotton |
Member of Parliament for Great Marlow 1625-1629 With: Thomas Cotton 1625 Sir William Hicks, 1st Baronet Miles Hobart |
Succeeded by Parliament suspended until 1640 |
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