Robert Parkhurst (died 1674)
Sir Robert Parkhurst (died 1674) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659.
Biography[edit]
Parkhurst was the son of Sir Robert Parkhurst and his wife Elizabeth Baker, daughter of Henry Baker.[1] He was admitted at Emmanuel College, Cambridge on 24 May 1647 and admitted at Inner Temple on 30 October 1648.[2]
Parkhurst married Sarah Gayer, daughter of Sir John Gayer of Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire. He inherited the estates including Pyrford on the death of his father in 1651[3]
In 1659 Parkhurst was elected member of parliament for Guildford in the Third Protectorate Parliament.[4] He was knighted on 9 June 1660.[5] His brother John was also an MP.[citation needed]
Parkhurst died in 1674 and was buried at Holy Trinity, Guildford on 20 November 1674.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Parkhurst Family
- ^ "Parkhurst, Robert (PRKT647R)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Parishes: Pyrford, A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 3 (1911), pp. 431-436. Date accessed: 2 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.
- ^ Knights of England