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Sir John Suckling was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1601 and 1627.
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Lichfield is a constituency in Staffordshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 1997 recreation by Michael Fabricant, a Conservative.
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Orlando Bridgeman, 1st Earl of Bradford was a British peer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1784 to 1800.
George Anson, known as George Adams until 1773, was a Staffordshire landowner from the Anson family and a British Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1761 and 1769.
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The siege of Lichfield occurred on 8–21 April 1643 during the First English Civil War. During the military action, the Royalists under the command of Prince Rupert successfully besieged the Parliamentary garrison of Lichfield in Staffordshire under the command of Colonel Russell.
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