John Waddon (Parliamentarian)

John Waddon (born January 1591) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England from 1640 to 1648. He supported the Parliamentarian side in the English Civil War.

Waddon was the son of John Waddon of Plymouth and his wife Alice. He was at Exeter College, Oxford and was awarded BA in 1609 and MA in 1612.[1] In 1631 he was Mayor of Plymouth.[2]

In April 1640, Waddon was elected Member of Parliament for Plymouth for the Short Parliament. He was re-elected in November 1640 for the Long Parliament and sat until 1648 when he was excluded under Pride's Purge.[3]

Waddon married Prudence Fownes daughter of Thomas Fownes of Plymouth in 1613.[1]

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Parliament of England
Preceded by
Parliament suspended since 1629
Member of Parliament for Plymouth
1640-1648
With: Robert Trelawney 1640-1642
Sir John Yonge, 1st Baronet 1642-1648
Succeeded by
Not represented in Rump Parliament
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