George Woodroffe
George Woodroffe (1625 - 1688) was an English politician for a Surrey constituency in the late seventeenth century.[1]
Woodroffe was born at Poyle in Stanwell and educated at Christ Church, Oxford.[2] He was High Sheriff of Surrey in 1668[3] and was knighted on 19 May 1681. Woodroffe sat as M.P. for Haslemere from 1681 to 1687. He died on 6 December that year.[4]
His son also sat as MP for Haslemere.[5]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Robert Beatson, A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807)
- ^ Woodall-Wyvill, Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714
- ^ The Gazette
- ^ History of Parliament On-line I
- ^ History of Parliament On-line II
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