Geoffrey Gates (British MP)

Geoffrey Gates (c.1550 Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk - ?) was a Puritan MP for various Cornish constituencies.[1] He represented St Mawes constituency, West Looe constituency and Camelford constituency. He was elected to St Mawes in the 1572 United Kingdom general election, to West Looe in 1584 and to Camelford in 1586.[2]

Gates also wrote a treatise called The Defence of Militarie Profession.[1][2]

References

  1. Andrew Cunningham; Ole Peter Grell (2000). The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Religion, War, Famine and Death in Reformation Europe. Cambridge University Press. pp. 165–166. ISBN 9780521461351. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  2. "GATES, Geoffrey (b.c.1550), of Bury St. Edmunds, Suff". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
William Fleetwood
Israel Amice
Member of Parliament for St Mawes
1572-1581
With: Rowland Hind
Succeeded by
William Onslow
Christopher Southouse
Preceded by
John Audley
William Hammond
Member of Parliament for West Looe
1584-1585
With: Thomas Lancaster
Succeeded by
John Hammond
Richard Champernowne
Preceded by
Emmanuel Chamond
Richard Trefusis
Member of Parliament for Camelford
1586-1587
With: Richard Trefusis
Succeeded by
Arthur Gorges
Richard Trefusis
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