Thomas Crompton (Parliamentarian)
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Thomas Crompton was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1647 and 1660.
Crompton was the son of Sir Thomas Crompton of Stafford. He subscribed at Oxford University on 1 July 1614 and was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1621.[1]
In 1647, Crompton was elected Member of Parliament for Staffordshire in the Long Parliament and survived Pride's Purge to sit in the Rump Parliament. He was elected MP for Staffordshire again in 1654 for the First Protectorate Parliament, in 1656 for he Second Protectorate Parliament and in 1659 for the Third Protectorate Parliament. He was also restored in 1659 as a member of the Rump Parliament.[2]
References
- ↑ 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Covert-Cutts', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp. 338-365. Date accessed: 1 November 2011
- ↑ 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.
| Parliament of England | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by John Bowyer Sir Richard Skeffington |
Member of Parliament for Staffordshire 1647-1653 With: John Bowyer 1647-1648 |
Succeeded by George Bellot John Chetwood |
| Preceded by George Bellot John Chetwood |
Member of Parliament for Staffordshire 1654-1660 With: Sir Charles Wolseley 1654-1656 Thomas Whitgrave 1654-1659 |
Succeeded by Edward Bagot William Sneyd |
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