George Abbotts

George Abbotts or Abbot (1602–1645) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1640 and 1645.

For his contemporary with a similar name who also sat in the Short and Long parliaments but for the constituency of Tamworth, see George Abbot (author).

Biography

Abbotts was born in Middlesex, the son of Sir Maurice Abbot(ts). He matriculated at Balliol College, Oxford on 15 October 1619, aged 17 and was awarded BA on 28 February 1622. In 1622 he became a fellow of Merton College, Oxford and was awarded M.A. on 20 May 1625. He was incorporated at Cambridge University in 1627 and was awarded B.C.L. on 16 November 1630.[1][2]

In April 1640, Abbotts was elected Member of Parliament for Guildford in the Short Parliament and supported the Parliamentary (Roundhead) cause. He was re-elected MP for Guildford in the Long Parliament in November 1640 and sat until his death.[3] In July 1641 he wanted to resign his seat, but his request was not granted.[4]

References

1. "Abbotts, George (ABTS627G)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
2. Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Abannan-Appletre, Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp. 1-28. Date accessed: 19 February 2011
3. 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, 236.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
4. Great Britain. Parliament (1753). The parliamentary or constitutional history of England;: being a faithful account of all the most remarkable transactions in Parliament, from the earliest times. Collected from the journals of both Houses, the records, ... 9. Printed; and sold by Thomas Osborne, et al.

Parliament of England
Preceded by Parliament suspended since 1629	Member of Parliament for Guildford 1640–1645 With: Sir Robert Parkhurst Nicholas Stoughton	Succeeded by Not represented in Rump parliament