George Austen (MP) explained

George Austen (c. 1548 – 1621), of Guildford and Shalford, Surrey, was an English politician.

Family

Austen was the son of MP, John Austen, MP for Guildford in 1563. He made three marriages, with issue from all three.^[1] Two of his sons were University men, one at Oxford and one at Cambridge.^[2]

Career

He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Haslemere in 1597 and for Guildford in 1604.^{[3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. 'Austen', in W. Bruce Bannerman (ed.), The Visitations of the county of Surrey taken in the years 1530, 1572 and 1623, Harleian Society Volume XLIII (1899), pp. 63-64 (Internet Archive).
2. "Domestic account book of George Austen of Shalford, Surrey, 1614-1621, including payments for his sons at Cambridge and Oxford universities," Oxford, Bodleian Libraries, ref: MS. Top. Surrey e. 4 (Bodleian Archives & Manuscripts). Find in: M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975 (Oxford, 1991), vol. II, no. 55222.
3. R.C.G., 'Austen, George (c.1548-1621), of Guildford and Shalford, Surr.', in P.W. Hasler (ed.), The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603 (from Boydell and Brewer, 1981), History of Parliament Online.
4. A. Davidson and B. Coates, 'Austen, George (c.1548-1621), of Guildford and Shalford, Surr.', in A. Thrush and J.P. Ferris (eds), The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629 (from Cambridge University Press, 2010), History of Parliament Online.