Anthony Rous | |
Birth Date: | 1605 |
Death Date: | 1 May 1677 |
Father: | Robert Rous |
Mother: | Jane Pam |
Spouse: | Mary Bradshaw |
Children: | Francis Rous |
Parliament: | English |
Term Start: | May 1660 |
Term End: | 27 June 1660 |
Parliament1: | English |
Term Start1: | 17 September 1656 |
Term End1: | 4 February 1658 |
Parliament2: | English |
Term Start2: | 3 September 1654 |
Term End2: | 22 January 1655 |
Parliament3: | English |
Term Start3: | 4 July 1653 |
Term End3: | 12 December 1653 |
Anthony Rous (1605 – 1 May 1677) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1653 and 1660. He was an officer in the Parliamentary army in the English Civil War.
Rous was the son of Robert Rous and his wife Jane Pym, daughter of Alexander Pym and niece of John Pym.[1]
In 1653, Rous was elected Member of Parliament for Cornwall in the Barebones Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Cornwall in the First Protectorate Parliament and in the Second Protectorate Parliament.[2]
In April 1660, Rous was elected Member of Parliament for Helston for the Convention Parliament in a double return. He was seated in May 1660, but the election was declared void on 27 June and a by-election was held. Rous married Mary Bradshaw, daughter of William Bradshaw of Lancashire and had a son Francis.[1]