Lambert Godfrey
Lambert Godfrey (born 1611) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1654 and 1659.
Godfrey was the eldest son of Thomas Godfrey, of Sellinge, Kent. He matriculated at Hart Hall, Oxford on 4 May 1627, aged 16 and was awarded BA on 19 February 1628. He was incorporated at Cambridge University in 1628 and called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1636.[1]
In 1654, Godfrey was elected Member of Parliament for Kent in the First Protectorate Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Kent in 1656 for the Second Protectorate Parliament. In 1659 he was elected MP for New Romney in the Third Protectorate Parliament.[2]
References
- ↑ 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Gilpin-Greenhaugh', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp. 569-599. Date accessed: 7 August 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.
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| 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 Ralph Weldon 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 |
| Preceded by Not represented in Second Protectorate Parliament |
Member of Parliament for New Romney 1659 With: Sir Robert Honeywood |
Succeeded by Not represented in Restored Rump |
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