Anthony Rous
Anthony Rous | |
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| Member of the English Parliament for Cornwall | |
| In office 4 July 1653 – 12 December 1653 | |
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| Born | 1605 |
| Died | 1 May 1677 |
| Spouse | Mary Bradshaw |
| Children | Francis Rous |
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Anthony Rous (1605 – 1 May 1677) was an English politician who sat in the
Parliamentary army in the English Civil War
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Rous was the son of Robert Rous and his wife Jane Pym, daughter of Alexander Pym and niece of John Pym.[1]
In 1653, Rous was elected
Barebones Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Cornwall in the First Protectorate Parliament and in the Second Protectorate Parliament.[2]
In April 1660, Rous was elected
Member of Parliament for Helston for the Convention Parliament in a double return. He was seated in May 1660, but the election was declared void on 27 June and a by-election was held.[3]
Rous married Mary Bradshaw, daughter of William Bradshaw of Lancashire and had a son Francis.[1]
References
- ^ a b John Burke A genealogical and heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain, Volume 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.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 2)
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