John Gurdon (MP)
John Gurdon (3 July 1595 – 9 September 1679) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1640 and 1660. He supported the parliamentary cause in the English Civil War.
Gurdon was the son of a country gentleman, Brampton Gurdon, with estates at Letton Norfolk and Assington, Suffolk. He was elected to the Short Parliament and Long Parliament in 1640 as Member for Ipswich,[1] He supported the Parliamentarian cause in the Civil War and in the internal dissension between the parliamentarians he supported the Army party. He remained in the House of Commons after Pride's Purge, but when named one of the Commissioners for the trial of the King he refused to attend. Nevertheless, he was chosen a member of the council of State in 1650, 1651 and 1652. After the expulsion of the Long Parliament, he sat for Suffolk in the First Protectorate Parliament (1654) and for Sudbury in the Convention Parliament of 1660. He was not re-elected after the Restoration.[1]
Gurdon married Anne Parker, daughter of Sir Calthorpe Parker of Erwarton. His children included Philip Gurdon (c. 1630–1690), who was also MP for Sudbury, and the Reverend Nathaniel Gurdon, DD (died 1696), Rector of Chelmsford, who survived his brother and inherited Assington on his death.
References
- D Brunton & D H Pennington, Members of the Long Parliament (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
- Burke's Landed Gentry (4th edition, London: Harrison, Pall Mall, 1862–1863)
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- Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808) [1]
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Parliament suspended since 1629
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Member of Parliament for Ipswich 1640-1653 With: William Cage 1640-1645 Francis Bacon 1645-1653 |
Succeeded by Not represented in Barebones Parliament |
Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Suffolk 1654 With: Sir William Spring Sir Thomas Barnardiston Sir T Bedingfield William Bloys William Gibbes John Brandling Alexander Bence John Sicklemore Thomas Bacon |
Succeeded by Sir William Spring Sir Thomas Barnardiston Sir Henry Felton Henry North Edmund Harvey Edward Le Neve John Sicklemore William Bloys William Gibbes Robert Brewster Daniel Wall |
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Member of Parliament for Sudbury 1660 With: Joseph Brand |
Succeeded by Thomas Waldegrave Isaac Appleton |
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