List of MPs elected to the English parliament in 1659

This is a list of members of Parliament (MPs) in the Third Protectorate Parliament under the Commonwealth of England which began at Westminster on 27 January 1659, and was held until 22 April 1659.

This Parliament was called by Richard Cromwell and was dissolved by him after three months, shortly before he was turned out of the Protectorship. The parliament was succeeded by a restoration of the last parliament called by Royal Authority, which was originally the Long Parliament called on 3 November 1640, but subsequently reduced to the Rump parliament under Pride's Purge. This summoned a new Convention Parliament to meet on 25 April 1660, which called back the King, and restored the Constitution in Church and State.

This list contains details of the MPs elected in 1659. The preceding First and Second Protectorate Parliaments had excluded a number of Rotten Boroughs and given representation to several towns including Manchester, Leeds and Halifax and to the county and city of Durham. The Third Protectorate Parliament reverted to the earlier full representation for England but still included representatives from Scotland and Ireland.

List of constituencies and members

Thomas Scot (Wycombe)

John Thurloe (Cambridge University)

John Bradshaw (Cheshire)

Sir William Petty (Westlow)

Sir John Glanville (Newport)

Sir George Downing (Carlisle)

Sir Arthur Hesilrige (Leicester)

Edmund Ludlow (Hindon)

Thomas Fairfax (Yorkshire)

Andrew Marvell (Hull)

Thomas Chaloner (Scarborough)

John Bathurst (Richmond)

John Lambert (Pontefract)

Constituency	Members	Notes
Bedfordshire	John Okey Richard Wagstaffe
Bedford	Samuel Browne Thomas Margets
Constituency	Members	Notes
Berkshire	John Dunch Sir Robert Pye
Windsor	George Starkey Christopher Whichcote
Reading	Henry Neville Daniel Blagrave
Abingdon	Sir John Lenthall Bart
Wallingford	William Cook Walter Bigg
Constituency	Members	Notes
Buckinghamshire	William Bowyer Richard Greenville
Buckingham	Francis Ingoldsby Sir Richard Temple, 3rd Baronet
Wycombe	Thomas Scot Tobias Bridge
Aylesbury	James Whitelocke Thomas Tyrrill
Amersham	Francis Drake John Biscoe
Wendover	William Hampden John Bardwin
Marlow	Peregrine Hoby William Borlase
Constituency	Members	Notes
Cambridgeshire	Sir Thomas Willys, 1st Baronet Sir Henry Pickering
Cambridge University	John Thurloe Thomas Sclater M D.
Cambridge	John Lowry Richard Timbs
Constituency	Members	Notes
Cheshire	John Bradshaw Richard Legh
City of Chester	Jonathan Ridge (Alderman) John Griffith (Alderman)
Constituency	Members	Notes
Cornwall	Hugh Boscawen Francis Buller jun
Launceston	Thomas Gewen Robert Bennett
Liskeard	Thomas Noell Hunt Greenwood
Lostwithiel	Walter Moyle John Clayton
Truro	Charles Boscawen Walter Vincent
Bodmin	Anthony Nichols John Silly	Cobbett gives William Turner vice Nichols
Helston	Robert Rous Thomas Juxon
Saltash	John Buller Edmund Prideaux
Camelford	John Maynard William Bradden
Grampound	Thomas Herle Robert Scawen
Eastlow	John Buller John Kendall
Westlow	William Whitelock (of the Middle-Temple) Dr. William Petty
Penryn	John Fox Thomas Ceely
Tregoney	John Thomas Edward Boscawen
Bossiney	Anthony Nicholls (of Penrose) Samuel Trelawney	Cobbett gives Thomas Povey vice Nicholls
St Ives	John St Aubyn Peter Silly
Fowey	Edward Herle John Barton ( of the Middle-Temple)
St Germans	John Glanville John St Aubyn
Mitchel	James Launce Richard Lobb
Newport	William Morice Sir John Glanville
St Mawes	John Lampen jun. William Tredenham
Callington	Thomas Carew Anthony Buller
Constituency	Members	Notes
Cumberland	Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 1st Baronet, of Isell Colonel William Briscoe
Carlisle	George Downing Thomas Craister
Cockermouth	John Stapleton Wilfrid Lawson
Constituency	Members	Notes
Derbyshire	John Gell Thomas Sanders
Derby	Gervase Bennet John Dalton
Constituency	Members	Notes
Devon	Sir John Northcote, 1st Baronet Robert Rolle
Exeter	Thomas Bampfield Maj. Thomas Gibbon
Totnes	Capt. John Pleydell Gilbert Evelyn (Gent)
Plymouth	Christopher Silly Timothy Alsop
Honiton	Sir Walter Yonge, 2nd Baronet Samuel Serle
Plympton Erle	Henry Hatsell Christopher Martyn
Tavistock	Edmund Fowell Henry Hatsell
Clifton Dartmouth Hardness	Thomas Boone Col. John Clarke	Browne Willis gives Robert Thompson
Bere Alston	John Maynard Elisha Crymes
Tiverton	Sir Coplestone Bampfylde, 2nd Baronet Francis Warner
Ashburton	Thomas Reynell Sir John Fowell, 2nd Baronet
Okehampton	Robert Everland Edward Wise
Barnstaple	Sir John Coplestone George Walters
Constituency	Members	Notes
Dorset	Sir Walter Earle John Bingham
Poole	Col. John Fitzjames Samuel Bond
Corfe Castle	Sir Ralph Banks John Tregonwell
Dorchester	James Gould John Bushrode
Lyme Regis	Edmund Prideaux Henry Henley
Bridport	Edward Cheek (of Gabriels) John Lee the elder (Burgess of the Town)
Shaftesbury	Henry Whitaker James Baker
Wareham	Elias Bond James Dewey
Weymouth and Melcombe	Col. John Clark Peter Middleton (Merchant) John Trenchard Col. Walden Lagoe
Constituency	Members	Notes
Essex	Charles Rich, 4th Earl of Warwick Edward Turnor
Colchester	John Shaw Abraham Johnson (Merchant of the City of London)	Alternative sources -John Maidstone and Abraham Harington
Maldon	Henry Mildmay Joachim Matthews
Harwich	John Sicklemore Thomas King (Gent)
Constituency	Members	Notes
Gloucestershire	John Grobham Howe John Stephens
Gloucester	James Stephens Laurence Singleton
Cirencester	John Stone Richard Southby
Tewkesbury	Edward Cooke Robert Long
Constituency	Members	Notes
Hampshire	Robert Wallop Richard Norton
Winchester	John Hildesley Nicholas Love
Southampton	Thomas Knollys Roger Gallop
Portsmouth	Francis Willoughby John Child
Yarmouth	John Sadler Richard Lucy
Petersfield	Sir Henry Norton, 2nd Baronet Sir Josias Child, 1st Baronet
Newport al. Medina	Thomas Boreman (of Broke) Sir Robert Dillington, 2nd Baronet
Stockbridge	Francis Rivett Richard Whitehead jun
Newtown	William Laurence John Maynard
Christchurch	John Bulkeley Henry Tulse
Whitchurch	Sir Henry Vane Robert Reynolds
Lymington	John Button jun. Richard Whitehead jun.
Andover	Gabriel Beck (of Westminster) Robert Gough (of Vernames Dean)
Constituency	Members	Notes
Herefordshire	Wroth Rogers Sir Bennet Hoskyns, 1st Baronet
Hereford	Nathan Rogers Roger Bosworth M. D
Weobley	Herbert Perrott Robert Andrews
Leominster	John Birch Edward Freeman
Constituency	Members	Notes
Hertfordshire	Rowland Lytton Richard Galston (of Widiall)
St Albans	Richard Jennings Alban Cox
Hertford	Isaac Pulter James Cowper	Browne Willis gives William Packer
Constituency	Members	Notes
Huntingdonshire	Henry Cromwell-Williams Nicholas Pedley
Huntingdon	John Thurloe Sir John Bernard
Constituency	Members	Notes
Kent	Robert James Sir Thomas Style, 2nd Baronet
Canterbury	Thomas St Nicholas Robert Gibbon
Rochester	Richard Hutchinson Peter Pett
Maidstone	Andrew Broughton Sir John Banks, 1st Baronet
Queenborough	James Herbert Thomas Bayles
Constituency	Members	Notes
Lancashire	Sir George Booth Bt Alexander Rigby
Lancaster	Col. William West Henry Porter
Preston	Col. Richard Shuttleworth Col. Richard Standish
Newton	William Brereton, 3rd Baron Brereton Peter Legh
Wigan	Hugh Forth Robert Markland
Liverpool	Col. Gilbert Ireland Thomas Blackmore
Constituency	Members	Notes
Leicestershire	Sir Thomas Beaumont, 1st Baronet Francis Hacker
Leicester	Sir Arthur Hesilrige, 2nd Baronet William Stanley (Aldermen)
Constituency	Members	Notes
Lincolnshire	Edward Rossiter Thomas Hatcher
Lincoln	Robert Marshal (Alderman) Thomas Meres
Boston	Sir Anthony Irby Francis Mussenden
Grimsby	William Wray Edward Ayscough
Stamford	John Weaver Christopher Clapham
Grantham	William Ellys Sir Thomas Skipwith, 1st Baronet
Constituency	Members	Notes
Middlesex	Chaloner Chute Sir Francis Gerard, 2nd Baronet
Westminster	Richard Sherwyn Edward Grosvenor
City of London	William Thompson Sir Theophilus Biddulph, 1st Baronet John Jones Sir Richard Browne, 1st Baronet of London
Constituency	Members	Notes
Monmouthshire	William Morgan John Nicholas
Monmouth	Nathaniel Waterhouse
Constituency	Members	Notes
Norfolk	Sir Horatio Townshend Sir William D'Oyly, 1st Baronet
Norwich	William Barnham John Hobart
King's Lynn	Thomas Toll Capt. Griffith Lloyd
Yarmouth	Charles George Cook William Burton
Thetford	William Stene MD Robert Steward
Castle Rising	John Fielder (of London) Gaybon Goddard (of Kings-Lynn)
Constituency	Members	Notes
Northamptonshire	Richard Knightley Philip Holman sen
Peterborough	Francis St John Col. Alexander Blake
Northampton	Francis Harvey Sir James Langham, 2nd Baronet
Brackley	Thomas Crew William Lisle
Higham Ferrars	James Nutley	Another source gives Ralph Suckley
Constituency	Members	Notes
Northumberland	Sir William Fenwick, 2nd Baronet Sir Ralph Delaval, 1st Baronet
Newcastle	Mark Shaftoe (of Newcastle) Thomas Lilburne
Berwick upon Tweed	John Rushworth George Payler (one of the Commissioners of the Navy)
Morpeth	Robert Delaval Robert Mitford
Constituency	Members	Notes
Nottinghamshire	Edward Neville Thomas Bristow
Nottingham	John Whalley John Parker (Alderman)
East Retford	Clifford Clifton William Cartwright
Constituency	Members	Notes
Oxfordshire	Sir Robert Jenkinson, 1st Baronet Henry Cary, 4th Viscount Falkland	+Sir Francis Norris
Oxford University	Matthew Hale John Mylles
Oxford	Richard Croke Unton Croke
Woodstock	Sir Jerome Sankey Miles Fleetwood
Banbury	Nathaniel Fiennes, the younger
Constituency	Members	Notes
Rutland	William Shield Edward Horseman
Constituency	Members	Notes
Shropshire	Thomas Mackworth Philip Young (of Kemton)
Shrewsbury	William Jones (Recorder) Humphrey Mackworth (Governor and Town Clerk)
Bridgnorth	Edmund Waring John Humphrys
Ludlow	Job Charlton Samuel Baldwyn
Wenlock	Thomas Whitmore Sir Francis Lawley, 2nd Baronet
Bishops Castle	Samuel More William Oakeley
Constituency	Members	Notes
Somerset	John Buckland Robert Hunt
Bristol	Robert Aldworth Joseph Jackson
Bath	James Ashe John Harrington
Wells	Lislebone Long Thomas White
Taunton	Sir William Wyndham, 1st Baronet Thomas Gorges
Bridgwater	Sir Thomas Wroth John Wroth
Minehead	Alexander Popham Richard Hutchinson
Ilchester	Richard Jones John Barker
Milborne Port	William Carent Robert Hunt
Constituency	Members	Notes
Staffordshire	Thomas Crompton Sir Thomas Whitgrave.
Stafford	Martin Noell William Jessop
Newcastle under Lyme	Samuel Terrick Sir John Merrick	Cobbett gives Maj. Gen. Tobias Bridge and Edward Keeling
Lichfield	Daniel Watson Thomas Minors
Tamworth	Maj. Gen. Tobias Bridge Edward Keeling	Cobbett gives John Swinfen and Captain Thomas
Constituency	Members	Notes
Suffolk	Sir Henry Felton, 2nd Baronet Sir Thomas Barnardiston, 1st Baronet
Ipswich	Nathaniel Bacon Francis Bacon
Dunwich	Robert Brewster John Barrington
Orford	Thomas Edger Jeremy Copping
Aldeburgh	Laurence Oxburgh John Bence
Sudbury	Samuel Hassel John Fothergill
Eye	Edward Dendy Joseph Blisset	Cobbett gives Thomas Chaplin
Bury St Edmunds	John Clarke Thomas Chaplin
Constituency	Members	Notes
Surrey	Sir Arthur Onslow, 1st Baronet Francis Drake
Southwark	George Thomson Andrew Brewer
Bletchingly	John Goodwin Edmund Hoskins
Reigate	John Hele Edward Thurland
Guildford	Carew Raleigh Robert Parkhurst
Gatton	Thomas Turgis Edward Bishe	Cobbett gives name as Thomas Sturges
Haslemere	Henry Fitzjames John Flook of Bramshot
Constituency	Members	Notes
Sussex	Herbert Morley John Fagg
Chichester	Henry Peckham William Cawley
Horsham	William Freeman Henry Chowne	Other source gives John Fagg
Midhurst	Benjamin Weston William Yalden jun.	Other source gives John Humfrey
Lewes	Herbert Morley Richard Boughton
New Shoreham	Edward Blaker John Whaley
Bramber	John Fagg John Byne
Steyning	Sir John Trevor Sir Anthony Shirley, 1st Baronet
East Grinstead	Robert Goodwin George Courthope
Arundel	Henry Onslow (of Slinfold) Richard Marriot (of London)
Constituency	Members	Notes
Warwickshire	Richard Lucy Joseph Hawkesworth
Coventry	Robert Beake William Purefoy
Warwick	Fulke Lucy Thomas Archer
Constituency	Members	Notes
Westmoreland	Thomas Burton Thomas Wharton
Appleby	Adam Baynes Nathaniel Redding
Constituency	Members	Notes
Wiltshire	Sir Walter St John, 3rd Baronet Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper
Salisbury	Henry Eyre Humphry Ditton sen. (Alderman)
Wilton	John Herbert Richard Howe
Downton	Thomas Fitzjames William Coles
Hindon	Edmund Ludlow Edward Tooker
Heytesbury	John Ashe Samuel Ashe
Westbury	Robert Danvers William Eyre of Neston
Calne	Edward Bayntun William Duckett
Devizes	Chaloner Chute jun. Edward Scotton
Chippenham	Edward Hungerford James Stedman (of Lincolns-Inn)
Malmesbury	Sir Henry Lee (of Ditchley Oxford) Thomas Higgons (of Grewel Southampton)
Cricklade	Edward Poole John Hawkins
Great Bedwyn	Henry Hungerford Thomas Manley
Ludgershall	James Davy (of the Middle-Temple) Richard Sherwyn (of the City of Westminster)
Old Sarum	Richard Hill (of Stratford) William Ludlow (of Clarendon) Park)
Wootton Bassett	Henry St John of Lydiard Tregoze Robert Stevens (of the Middle-Temple)
Marlborough	Thomas Grove James Hayes
Constituency	Members	Notes
Worcestershire	Nicholas Lechmere Thomas Foley
Worcester	William Collins Thomas Street
Droitwich	John Wilde Edward Salwey (of Stamford)
Evesham	Theophilus Andrews Robert Atkyns
Bewdley	Edward Pytts
Constituency	Members	Notes
Yorkshire	Thomas Lord Fairfax Thomas Harrison
York	Sir Thomas Dickenson Christopher Topham
Kingston upon Hull	John Ramsden Andrew Marvell
Knaresborough	Slingsby Bethel Robert Walters
Scarborough	Thomas Chalenor Edward Salmon
Ripon	Edmund Jennings Jonathan Jennings
Richmond	Sir Christopher Wyvill, 3rd Baronet John Bathurst
Hedon	Sir Thomas Strickland, 2nd Baronet Matthew Alured
Boroughbridge	Robert Stapylton Laurence Parsons
Thirsk	Col. Thomas Talbot Maj. Gen. Goodrick
Aldborough	John Lambert Francis Goodricke
Beverley	Sir Thomas Strickland, 2nd Baronet John Anlaby
Pontefract	John Lambert John Hewley
Malton	Philip Howard Sir George Marwood, 1st Baronet	Double return also Luke Robinson and Robert Lilburne
Northallerton	George Smithson James Danby
Hastings	Samuel Gott Nicholas Delves
Romney	Sir Robert Honywood Lambert Godfrey
Hythe	Sir Robert Hales, 1st Baronet William Kenrick
Dover	John Dixwell Thomas Kelsey
Sandwich	Sir Richard Meredith, 2nd Baronet James Thurbarne
Seaford	William Spence George Parker
Rye	William Hay Mark Thomas
Winchelsea	John Busbridge Robert Fowle
Constituency	Members	Notes
Anglesey	Col. George Twisleton
Beaumaris	Griffith Bodwrda
Brecknockshire	Edmund Jones (Attorney-General for South Wales)
Brecknock	Samuel Wightwick
Cardiganshire	James Philipps
Cardigan	Roland Dawkins
Carmarthenshire	Thomas Hughes
Carmarthen	David Morgan	Browne Wilis gives Rowland Dawkins
Carnarvonshire	Sir William Glynne, 1st Baronet
Carnarvon	Robert Williams
Denbighshire	Sir John Carter
Denbigh	John Manley of Bryny
Flintshire	John Trevor
Flint	Sir John Hanmer, 3rd Baronet
Glamorgan	Evan Seys
Cardiff	John Price
Swansea	William Foxwist
Merioneth	Lewis Owen
Montgomeryshire	Edward Vaughan
Montgomery	Sir Charles Lloyd, 1st Baronet, of Garth
Pembrokeshire	Sir Erasmus Philipps, 3rd Baronet
Pembroke	Sampson Lort Arthur Owen
Haverford West	John Upton
Radnorshire	Henry Williams
Radnor	Robert Weaver
Constituency	Members	Notes
Sheriffdoms of Ross, Sutherland, and Cromarty	Ralph Knight
Sheriffdom of Inverness	Coll. Thomas Fitch.
Sheriffdom of Banff	William Wheler
Sheriffdom of Aberdeen	Archibald Marquis of Argyle
Sheriffdoms of Forfar and Kinkardine
Sheriffdoms of Fife and Kinross	Sir Alexander Gibson.
Sheriffdom of Perth	Sir Edward Rodes, one of his Highness's Council in Scotland.
Sheriffdoms of Linlithgow, Sterling, and Clackmannan	Col. Adrian Scrope, one of his Highness's Council.
Sheriffdoms of Dunbarton, Argyll, and Bute	William Stane
Sheriffdoms of Aire and Renfrew
Sheriffdom of Lannerick	George Lockhart his Highness's Advocate.
Sheriffdom of Midlothian	Samuel Desbrow, Chancellor and Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland
Sheriffdom of Merse	John Swinton of Swinton, one of his Highness's Council
Sheriffdom of Roxborough	Sir Andrew Ker of Cremhiel, Kt
Sheriffdoms of Selkirk and Peebles	Archibald Murrey,
Sheriffdom of Dumfries
Sheriffdom of Wigton	Sir James Mac Dowal of Carchland.
Sheriffdom of East-Lothian	John Earl of Tweedale
Boroughs of Donnobb, Tayn, Inverness, Dingwell, Nairn, Elgin, and Farras
Boroughs of Banff and Cullen, and Aberdeen	Dr. Thomas Clarges
Boroughs of Forfar, Dundee, Arbroth, Montross, Brechin	Laurence Oxborow
Boroughs of Lithgow, Queens Ferry, Perth, Culross, and Stirling	Thomas Waller of Grays-Inn.
Boroughs of St. Andrews, Dysart, Kirkaldy, Anstruther-East, Pittenween, Creel, Dumfermline, Kinghorn, Anstruther-West, Innerleithing, Kilkenny, and Burnt-land	Nathaniel Whetham
City of Edinburgh	John Thompson Auditor General for Scotland
Boroughs of Lannerick, Glasgow, Rutherglen, Rothsay, Renfrew, Ayre, Irwynn, and Dunbarton	John Lockhart
Boroughs of Dumfreize, Sanclare, Lochmaben, Annand, Wigton, Kirkudbright, Whithorn, and Galloway	Jeremiah Tolhurst
Boroughs of Peebles, Selkirk, Jedburgh, Lauder, North Berwick, Dunbar, and Haddington	Dr. Thomas Clarges
Constituency	Members	Notes
Counties of Meath and Louth	Sir Anthony Morgan William Aston
Counties of Kildare and Wicklow	Dudley Loftus Henry Markham
County of Dublin	Sir Theophilus Jones.
City of Dublin	Arthur Annesley
Counties of Carlow, Wexford, Kilkenny, and Queen's County	Daniel Redmond John Brett
Counties of Westmeath, Longford, and King's County	Francis Lord Aungier Sir Henry Piers
Counties of Down, Antrim, and Armagh	Sir John Scevington George Rawden
Towns of Carrickfergus and Belfast	John Duckenfield
Counties of Londonderry, Donegal, and Tyrone	Colonel John Gorges Alexander Staples
Towns of Derry and Coleraine	Ralph King
Counties of Cavan, Fermanagh, and Monaghan	Thomas Coote
Counties of Kerry, Limerick, and Clare	Major Gen. Sir Hardress Waller Sir Henry Ingoldsby, 1st Baronet
City and County of the City of Limerick and Kilmallock	George Ingoldsby
County of Cork	Sir Maurice Fenton
Towns of Cork and Youghal	Francis Fowlkes .
Towns of Bandon and Kinsale	Vincent Gookin
Counties of Tipperary and Waterford	Sir Jerome Sankey Thomas Stanley
Cities of Waterford and Clonmel	William Halsey
Counties of Sligo, Roscommon, and Leitrim	Robert Parke Thomas Waller
Counties of Galway and Mayo	Sir Charles Coote, Commissary-General Col. Thomas Sadler

See also

• List of MPs elected to the English parliament in 1654 (First Protectorate Parliament)
• List of MPs elected to the English parliament in 1656 (Second Protectorate Parliament)
• List of parliaments of England
• Third Protectorate Parliament

References

• Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803, London: Thomas Hansard, 1808
• 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.  285–300