George Austen (MP)
George Austen (c. 1548 – 1621), of Guildford and Shalford, Surrey, was an English politician.
Family[edit]
Austen was the son of MP, John Austen, MP for Guildford in 1563. He made three marriages, with issue from all three.[1] Two of his sons were University men, one at Oxford and one at Cambridge.[2]
Career[edit]
He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Haslemere in 1597 and for Guildford in 1604.[3][4]
References[edit]
- ^ 'Austen', in W. Bruce Bannerman (ed.), The Visitations of the county of Surrey taken in the years 1530, 1572 and 1623, Harleian Society Volume XLIII (1899), pp. 63-64 (Internet Archive).
- ^ "Domestic account book of George Austen of Shalford, Surrey, 1614-1621, including payments for his sons at Cambridge and Oxford universities," Oxford, Bodleian Libraries, ref: MS. Top. Surrey e. 4 (Bodleian Archives & Manuscripts). Find in: M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975 (Oxford, 1991), vol. II, no. 55222.
- ^ R.C.G., 'Austen, George (c.1548-1621), of Guildford and Shalford, Surr.', in P.W. Hasler (ed.), The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603 (from Boydell and Brewer, 1981), History of Parliament Online.
- ^ A. Davidson and B. Coates, 'Austen, George (c.1548-1621), of Guildford and Shalford, Surr.', in A. Thrush and J.P. Ferris (eds), The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629 (from Cambridge University Press, 2010), History of Parliament Online.
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