Edward Dowse (MP)

Edward Dowse (1582–1648) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1648.

Dowse matriculated at Hart Hall, Oxford aged 15 on 14 October 1597, and was awarded BA on 8 May 1601 and MA on 8 May 1604. He was incorporated at Cambridge University in 1616.^[1]^[2]

In 1625 he was elected Member of Parliament for Cricklade, and in April 1626 for Chichester.^[3] In April 1640 he was again elected for Chichester in the Short Parliament. He was elected MP for Portsmouth in the Long Parliament in November 1640.^[4]

Dowse died in 1648.

References[edit]

^ "Dowse, Edward (DWS616E)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^ Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Disbrowe-Dyve, Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp. 406-439. Date accessed: 19 February 2011
^ History of Parliament Online - Dowse, Edward
^ 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. pp. 229–239.

Parliament of England
Preceded by Sir Neville Poole Sir William Howard	Member of Parliament for Cricklade 1625–1626 With: Sir William Howard	Succeeded by Sir William Howard Sir Robert Hyde
Preceded by Algernon Lord Peircy Humphrey Haggett	Member of Parliament for Chichester 1626 With: Humphrey Haggett	Succeeded by William Cawley Henry Bellingham
Vacant Parliament suspended since 1629	Member of Parliament for Chichester 1640 With: Christopher Lewknor	Succeeded by Christopher Lewknor Sir William Morley
Preceded by William Hamilton Hon. Henry Percy	Member of Parliament for Portsmouth 1640–1648 With: George Goring, Lord Goring 1640–1642 Edward Boote	Not represented in Rump Parliament

[Venn-1] "Dowse, Edward (DWS616E)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

[2] Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Disbrowe-Dyve, Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp. 406-439. Date accessed: 19 February 2011

[HOP-3] History of Parliament Online - Dowse, Edward

[Willis-4] 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. pp. 229–239.

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