This is a list of members of Parliament (MPs) in the Third Protectorate Parliament under the Commonwealth of England which began at Westminster on 27 January 1659, and was held until 22 April 1659.
This Parliament was called by Richard Cromwell and was dissolved by him after three months, shortly before he was turned out of the Protectorship. The parliament was succeeded by a restoration of the last parliament called by Royal Authority, which was originally the Long Parliament called on 3 November 1640, but subsequently reduced to the Rump parliament under Pride's Purge. This summoned a new Convention Parliament to meet on 25 April 1660, which called back the King, and restored the Constitution in Church and State.
This list contains details of the MPs elected in 1659. The preceding First and Second Protectorate Parliaments had excluded a number of Rotten Boroughs and given representation to several towns including Manchester, Leeds and Halifax and to the county and city of Durham. The Third Protectorate Parliament reverted to the earlier full representation for England but still included representatives from Scotland and Ireland.
Bedfordshire | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bedfordshire | |||
Berkshire | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| John Dunch Sir Robert Pye | |||
Buckinghamshire | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Francis Ingoldsby Sir Richard Temple, 3rd Baronet | |||
| Peregrine Hoby William Borlase | |||
Cambridgeshire | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Cambridgeshire | |||
| John Thurloe Thomas Sclater M D. | |||
Cheshire | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Jonathan Ridge (Alderman) John Griffith (Alderman) | |||
Cornwall | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Thomas Gewen Robert Bennett | |||
| Cobbett gives William Turner vice Nichols | |||
| John Fox Thomas Ceely | |||
| Cobbett gives Thomas Povey vice Nicholls | |||
| Edward Herle John Barton (of the Middle-Temple) | |||
| John Glanville John St Aubyn | |||
Cumberland | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| John Stapleton Wilfrid Lawson | |||
Derbyshire | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
Devon | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Capt. John Pleydell Gilbert Evelyn (Gent) | |||
| Henry Hatsell Christopher Martyn | |||
| Browne Willis gives Robert Thompson | |||
| Robert Everland Edward Wise | |||
| Sir John Coplestone George Walters | |||
Dorset | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Col. John Fitzjames Samuel Bond | |||
| Edward Cheek (of Gabriels) John Lee the elder (Burgess of the Town) | |||
| Henry Whitaker James Baker | |||
| Elias Bond James Dewey | |||
| Col. John Clark Peter Middleton (Merchant) John Trenchard Col. Walden Lagoe | |||
Essex | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| John Shaw Abraham Johnson (Merchant of the City of London) | Alternative sources -John Maidstone and Abraham Harington | ||
| Henry Mildmay Joachim Matthews | |||
| John Sicklemore Thomas King (Gent) | |||
Gloucestershire | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
Hampshire | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Robert Wallop Richard Norton | |||
| Francis Willoughby John Child | |||
| Francis Rivett Richard Whitehead jun | |||
| Sir Henry Vane Robert Reynolds | |||
| John Button jun. Richard Whitehead jun. | |||
| Gabriel Beck (of Westminster) Robert Gough (of Vernames Dean) | |||
Herefordshire | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Wroth Rogers Sir Bennet Hoskyns, 1st Baronet | |||
| Nathan Rogers Roger Bosworth M. D | |||
| Herbert Perrott Robert Andrews | |||
| John Birch Edward Freeman | |||
Hertfordshire | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Rowland Lytton Richard Galston (of Widiall) | |||
| Browne Willis gives William Packer | |||
Huntingdonshire | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| John Thurloe Sir John Bernard | |||
Kent (see also Cinque Ports) | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Robert James Sir Thomas Style, 2nd Baronet | |||
| Andrew Broughton Sir John Banks, 1st Baronet | |||
Lancashire | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Sir George Booth Bt Alexander Rigby | |||
| Col. William West Henry Porter | |||
| Col. Richard Shuttleworth Col. Richard Standish | |||
| William Brereton, 3rd Baron Brereton Peter Legh | |||
| Col. Gilbert Ireland Thomas Blackmore | |||
Leicestershire | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Sir Thomas Beaumont, 1st Baronet Francis Hacker | |||
| Sir Arthur Hesilrige, 2nd Baronet William Stanley (Aldermen) | |||
Lincolnshire | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Sir Anthony Irby Francis Mussenden | |||
| William Wray Edward Ayscough | |||
Middlesex | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
Monmouthshire | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| William Morgan John Nicholas | |||
Norfolk | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Sir Horatio Townshend Sir William D'Oyly, 1st Baronet | |||
| Thomas Toll Capt. Griffith Lloyd | |||
| Charles George Cook William Burton | |||
| William Stene MD Robert Steward | |||
| John Fielder (of London) Gaybon Goddard (of Kings-Lynn) | |||
Northamptonshire | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Richard Knightley Philip Holman sen | |||
| Francis St John Col. Alexander Blake | |||
| James Nutley | Another source gives Ralph Suckley | ||
Northumberland | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| John Rushworth George Payler (one of the Commissioners of the Navy) | |||
Nottinghamshire | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Edward Neville Thomas Bristow | |||
| John Whalley John Parker (Alderman) | |||
| Clifford Clifton William Cartwright | |||
Oxfordshire | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| +Sir Francis Norris | |||
| Matthew Hale John Mylles | |||
| Nathaniel Fiennes, the younger | |||
Rutland | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
Salop | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Thomas Mackworth Philip Young (of Kemton) | |||
| Shrewsbury | William Jones (Recorder) Humphrey Mackworth (Governor and Town Clerk) | ||
| Thomas Whitmore Sir Francis Lawley, 2nd Baronet | |||
Somerset | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Sir Thomas Wroth John Wroth | |||
Staffordshire | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Thomas Crompton Sir Thomas Whitgrave. | |||
| Cobbett gives Maj. Gen. Tobias Bridge and Edward Keeling | |||
| Cobbett gives John Swinfen and Captain Thomas | |||
Suffolk | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Cobbett gives Thomas Chaplin | |||
Surrey | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| George Thomson Andrew Brewer | |||
| John Goodwin Edmund Hoskins | |||
| Cobbett gives name as Thomas Sturges | |||
| Henry Fitzjames John Flook of Bramshot | |||
Sussex | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Herbert Morley John Fagg | |||
| Other source gives John Fagg | |||
| Other source gives John Humfrey | |||
| Herbert Morley Richard Boughton | |||
| Sir John Trevor Sir Anthony Shirley, 1st Baronet | |||
| Robert Goodwin George Courthope | |||
| Henry Onslow (of Slinfold) Richard Marriot (of London) | |||
Warwickshire | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Richard Lucy Joseph Hawkesworth | |||
Westmorland | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
Wiltshire | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Sir Walter St John, 3rd Baronet Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper | |||
| Henry Eyre Humphry Ditton sen. (Alderman) | |||
| John Herbert Richard Grobham Howe | |||
| Edward Bayntun William Duckett | |||
| Edward Hungerford James Stedman (of Lincolns-Inn) | |||
| Sir Henry Lee (of Ditchley Oxford) Thomas Higgons (of Grewel Southampton) | |||
| James Davy (of the Middle-Temple) Richard Sherwyn (of the City of Westminster) | |||
| Richard Hill (of Stratford) William Ludlow (of Clarendon) Park) | |||
| Henry St John of Lydiard Tregoze Robert Stevens (of the Middle-Temple) | |||
Worcestershire | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| John Wilde Edward Salwey (of Stamford) | |||
Yorkshire | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Thomas Lord Fairfax Thomas Harrison | |||
| Sir Thomas Dickenson Christopher Topham | |||
| John Ramsden Andrew Marvell | |||
| Thomas Chalenor Edward Salmon | |||
| Edmund Jennings Jonathan Jennings | |||
| Col. Thomas Talbot Maj. Gen. Goodrick | |||
| Philip Howard Sir George Marwood, 1st Baronet | Double return also Luke Robinson and Robert Lilburne | ||
Cinque Ports | |||
| Sir Robert Honywood Lambert Godfrey | |||
| William Spence George Parker | |||
| William Hay Mark Thomas | |||
| John Busbridge Robert Fowle | |||
Wales | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Col. George Twisleton | |||
| Beaumaris | Griffith Bodwrda | ||
| Edmund Jones (Attorney-General for South Wales) | |||
| James Philipps | |||
| Thomas Hughes | |||
| Browne Wilis gives Rowland Dawkins | |||
| Robert Williams | |||
| John Manley of Bryny | |||
| Sir John Hanmer, 3rd Baronet | |||
| Edward Vaughan | |||
| Sir Charles Lloyd, 1st Baronet, of Garth | |||
| Sir Erasmus Philipps, 3rd Baronet | |||
| Sampson Lort Arthur Owen | |||
| Henry Williams | |||
| Robert Weaver | |||
Scotland | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Sheriffdoms of Ross, Sutherland, and Cromarty | |||
| Sheriffdom of Inverness | Coll. Thomas Fitch. | ||
| Sheriffdom of Banff | William Wheler | ||
| Sheriffdom of Aberdeen | Archibald Marquis of Argyle | ||
| Sheriffdoms of Forfar and Kinkardine | |||
| Sheriffdoms of Fife and Kinross | Sir Alexander Gibson. | ||
| Sheriffdom of Perth | Sir Edward Rodes, one of his Highness's Council in Scotland. | ||
| Sheriffdoms of Linlithgow, Sterling, and Clackmannan | Col. Adrian Scrope, one of his Highness's Council. | ||
| Sheriffdoms of Dunbarton, Argyll, and Bute | William Stane | ||
| Sheriffdoms of Aire and Renfrew | |||
| Sheriffdom of Lannerick | George Lockhart his Highness's Advocate. | ||
| Sheriffdom of Midlothian | Samuel Desbrow, Chancellor and Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland | ||
| Sheriffdom of Merse | John Swinton of Swinton, one of his Highness's Council | ||
| Sheriffdom of Roxborough | Sir Andrew Ker of Cremhiel, Kt | ||
| Sheriffdoms of Selkirk and Peebles | Archibald Murrey, | ||
| Sheriffdom of Dumfries | |||
| Sheriffdom of Wigton | Sir James Mac Dowal of Carchland. | ||
| Sheriffdom of East-Lothian | John Earl of Tweedale | ||
| Boroughs of Donnobb, Tayn, Inverness, Dingwell, Nairn, Elgin, and Farras | |||
| Boroughs of Banff and Cullen, and Aberdeen | Dr. Thomas Clarges | ||
| Boroughs of Forfar, Dundee, Arbroth, Montross, Brechin | Laurence Oxborow | ||
| Boroughs of Lithgow, Queens Ferry, Perth, Culross, and Stirling | Thomas Waller of Grays-Inn. | ||
| Boroughs of St. Andrews, Dysart, Kirkaldy, Anstruther-East, Pittenween, Creel, Dumfermline, Kinghorn, Anstruther-West, Innerleithing, Kilkenny, and Burnt-land | Nathaniel Whetham | ||
| City of Edinburgh | John Thompson Auditor General for Scotland | ||
| Boroughs of Lannerick, Glasgow, Rutherglen, Rothsay, Renfrew, Ayre, Irwynn, and Dunbarton | John Lockhart | ||
| Boroughs of Dumfreize, Sanclare, Lochmaben, Annand, Wigton, Kirkudbright, Whithorn, and Galloway | |||
| Boroughs of Peebles, Selkirk, Jedburgh, Lauder, North Berwick, Dunbar, and Haddington | Dr. Thomas Clarges | ||
Ireland | |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes | |
| Counties of Meath and Louth | Sir Anthony Morgan William Aston | ||
| Counties of Kildare and Wicklow | Dudley Loftus Henry Markham | ||
| County of Dublin | Sir Theophilus Jones. | ||
| City of Dublin | Arthur Annesley | ||
| Counties of Carlow, Wexford, Kilkenny, and Queen's County | Daniel Redmond John Brett | ||
| Counties of Westmeath, Longford, and King's County | Francis Lord Aungier Sir Henry Piers | ||
| Counties of Down, Antrim, and Armagh | Sir John Scevington George Rawden | ||
| Towns of Carrickfergus and Belfast | John Duckenfield | ||
| Counties of Londonderry, Donegal, and Tyrone | Colonel John Gorges Alexander Staples | ||
| Towns of Derry and Coleraine | Ralph King | ||
| Counties of Cavan, Fermanagh, and Monaghan | Thomas Coote | ||
| Counties of Kerry, Limerick, and Clare | |||
| City and County of the City of Limerick and Kilmallock | George Ingoldsby | ||
| County of Cork | Sir Maurice Fenton | ||
| Towns of Cork and Youghal | Francis Fowlkes . | ||
| Towns of Bandon and Kinsale | Vincent Gookin | ||
| Counties of Tipperary and Waterford | |||
| Cities of Waterford and Clonmel | William Halsey | ||
| Counties of Sligo, Roscommon, and Leitrim | Robert Parke Thomas Waller | ||
| Counties of Galway and Mayo | Sir Charles Coote, Commissary-General Col. Thomas Sadler | ||