Anthony Rous Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=uo9AAAAAcAAJ&dq=%22Anthony+Rous%22&pg=PA119 John Burke A genealogical and heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain, Volume 1
  2. 1. 2. 229–239.