William Neast

William Neast (c. 1623 – c. 1670) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1653 and in 1656.

Neast was the son of William Neast of the Neast family of Chaceley, Worcestershire. He matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford, on 27 August 1638 aged 15 and entered Middle Temple in 1640. He received a commission as captain of horse on 8 February 1651[1]

In 1653, Neast was elected Member of Parliament for Gloucestershire in Barebone's Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Gloucestershire in 1656 for the Second Protectorate Parliament.[2] In 1662 he was removed from the Common Council of Tewkesbury.[1]

Neast married Elizabeth Atwood of Old Sodbury.[1]

References

1. W R Williams Parliamentary History of the County of Gloucester
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.

Parliament of England
Preceded by Nathaniel Stephens	Member of Parliament for Gloucestershire 1653 With: John Crofts Robert Holmes	Succeeded by George Berkeley Matthew Hale John Howe Christopher Guise Sylvanus Wood
Preceded by George Berkeley Matthew Hale John Howe Christopher Guise Sylvanus Wood	Member of Parliament for Gloucestershire 1656 With: George Berkeley John Howe Baynham Throckmorton John Crofts	Succeeded by John Grobham Howe John Stephens