Benjamin Tichborne
Benjamin Tichborne (circa 1598-before 12 April 1670) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1626 to 1629.
Tichborne was the son of Sir Walter Tichborne, of Aldershot, Hampshire. He subscribed at Oxford University on 3 December 1613, He was of Frimley, Surrey, when called to the bar at Middle Temple in 1625.[1] In 1626, he was elected Member of Parliament for Petersfield and for St Ives and chose to sit for Petersfield. In 1628 he was re-elected MP for Petersfield and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.[2]
Tichborne died before 12 April 1670.
References
- ^ 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Thoren-Tozer', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714 (1891), pp. 1478-1501. Date accessed: 22 May 2012
- ^ Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. p. 174.