Edward Griffin (MP)
Sir Edward Griffin (1587 – 5 May 1681) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1644.
Griffin was the son of Sir Edward Griffin of Dingley and Gumley Ewing Northamptonshire. He matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford on 16 October 1601, aged 14. He was a student of Middle Temple in 1604. He was knighted on 20 May 1625.[1]
In April 1640, Griffin was elected Member of Parliament for Downton in the Short Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Downton in the Long Parliament and sat until he was disabled on 5 February 1644.[2]
Following the Restoration, Griffin was Treasurer of the Chamber from 1660 to 1679.
Griffin is said to have died in 1681 at an advanced age.[1]
References
- 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Greenhill-Gysby', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp. 600-625. Date accessed: 1 March 2011
- 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.
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| Preceded by Parliament suspended since 1629 |
Member of Parliament for Downton 1640–1644 With: William Eyre 1640 Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper 1640–1644 |
Succeeded by Alexander Thistlethwaite |
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