Francis Baskerville

Francis Baskerville (born 1615) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640.

Baskerville was the son of Thomas Baskerville of Richardston Wiltshire and his wife Joan Lor.[1]

In April 1640, Baskerville was elected Member of Parliament for Marlborough in the Short Parliament.[2][3]

Baskerville married Margaret Glanville daughter of Sir John Glanville of Broad Hinton Wiltshire in April 1635.[1]

References

1. John Burke A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland
2. 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.
3. Parliamentary history : 1629-1660, A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 5 (1957), pp. 132-154. Date accessed: 5 February 2011 Note - J. Waylen, History of Marlborough, 522, lists the borough's members as Sir William Carnaby and Sir Francis Seymour, but Seymour was returned as knight of the shire in April]

Parliament of England
Preceded by Parliament suspended since 1629	Member of Parliament for Marlborough 1640 With: Sir William Carnaby	Succeeded by John Francklyn Sir Francis Seymour