Michael Warton (died 1645)
Michael Warton (23 October 1593 – 1645) was an English politician who sat in the
Royalist side in the English Civil War
.
Warton was the son of Sir Michael Warton and his wife Elizabeth Hansby, daughter of Sir Ralph Hansby.[1]
In April 1640, Warton was elected
Member of Parliament for Beverley in the Short Parliament. He was re-elected in November 1640 for the Long Parliament and sat until he was disabled from sitting in parliament in 1644 for supporting the King.[2] Warton was killed in 1645 by a cannon shot at the Great Siege of Scarborough Castle which was a garrison for the King.[1]
Warton married to Catherine Maltby daughter of Christopher Maltby at Cottingham on 1 October 1620.[1]