List of MPs elected to the English Parliament in 1660

Parliaments of England 1593–1689
Parliament Date 8th Parliament of Elizabeth I 1593 9th Parliament of Elizabeth I 1597 Final parliament of Elizabeth I 1601 1st Parliament of King James I 1604 Addled Parliament 1614 3rd Parliament of King James I 1621 Happy Parliament 1624 Useless Parliament 1625 2nd Parliament of King Charles I 1626 3rd parliament of King Charles I 1628 Short Parliament 1640 Apr Long Parliament (1) 1640 Nov Oxford Parliament 1644 Long Parliament (2) 1645 Rump Parliament (1) 1648 Barebone's Parliament 1653 First Protectorate Parliament 1654 Second Protectorate Parliament 1656 Third Protectorate Parliament 1659 Rump Parliament (2) 1659 Long Parliament (3) 1660 Convention Parliament 1660 Cavalier Parliament 1661 Habeas Corpus Parliament 1679 Exclusion Bill Parliament 1680 Oxford Parliament 1681 Loyal Parliament 1685 Convention Parliament 1689
List of Parliaments of England

This is a list of Members of Parliament (MPs) in the Convention Parliament which began at Westminster on 25 April 1660, and was held until 29 December 1660. It was elected as a "free parliament",^[1] i.e. with no oath of allegiance to the Commonwealth or to the monarchy. The last parliament called by Royal Authority was originally the Long Parliament called on 3 November 1640, but subsequently reduced to the Rump parliament under Pride's Purge. There were four intervening parliaments called under the Commonwealth. The restored Rump Parliament had finally voted for its own dissolution on 16 March and summoned the new Convention Parliament.

The Convention Parliament was predominantly Royalist in its membership and called back the King, and restored the Constitution in Church and State. After the Declaration of Breda had been received, Parliament proclaimed on 8 May that King Charles II had been the lawful monarch since the death of Charles I in January 1649. The Convention Parliament then proceeded to conduct the necessary preparation for the Restoration Settlement.

List of constituencies and members

Robert Bruce, Lord Bruce, Bedfordshire

Roger Palmer, Windsor

Dudley North, Cambridge

George Monck Cambridge and Devon

George Booth, Cheshire

Heneage Finch, Michell and Canterbury.

William Morice, Newport

Charles Howard, Cumberland.

The Duke of Newcastle.

John Maynard, Tavistock

Thomas Clifford, Totnes

William Russell, Tavistock

Denzil Holles, Dorchester

Edward Montagu, Weymouth and Dover

William Penn, Dorchester

Sir Ralph Bankes, Corfe Castle

Edward Turnour, Essex

Sir Harbottle Grimston Colchester

Matthew Hale, Gloucestershire

Sir Edward Massie

John Marsham, Rochester

Richard Legh, Newton

William Waller, Middlesex

Richard Browne, London.

Henry Somerset, Monmouthshire

Robert Paston, Yarmouth

Richard Raynsford, Northampton

John Rushworth, Berwick.

William Pierrepont, Nottinghamshire

Colonel John Hutchinson, Nottingham

Thomas Jones, Shrewsbury

William Prynne, Bath

Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper, Wiltshire

Thomas Fairfax, Yorkshire

Andrew Marvell, Hull

George Savile, Pontefract

Edward Montagu, Dover

Arthur Annesley Carmarthernshire

John Glynne, Carnarvonshire

This list contains details of the MPs elected in 1660.

See also

• List of MPs elected to the English parliament in 1659

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
• Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808)