List of MPs elected to the English Parliament in 1660
This is a list of members of Parliament (MPs) in the Convention Parliament which began at Westminster on 25 April 1660, and was held until 29 December 1660. It was elected as a "free parliament",[1] i.e. with no oath of allegiance to the Commonwealth or to the monarchy.
The last parliament called by Royal Authority was originally the Long Parliament called on 3 November 1640, but subsequently reduced to the Rump parliament under Pride's Purge. There were four intervening parliaments called under the Commonwealth. The restored Rump Parliament had finally voted for its own dissolution on 16 March and summoned the new Convention Parliament.
The Convention Parliament was predominantly Royalist in its membership and called back the King, and restored the Constitution in Church and State. After the Declaration of Breda had been received, Parliament proclaimed on 8 May that King Charles II had been the lawful monarch since the death of Charles I in January 1649. The Convention Parliament then proceeded to conduct the necessary preparation for the Restoration Settlement.
List of constituencies and members
Robert Bruce, Lord Bruce, BedfordshireRoger Palmer, WindsorDudley North, CambridgeGeorge Monck Cambridge and Devon George Booth, CheshireHeneage Finch, Michell and Canterbury.William Morice, NewportCharles Howard, Cumberland.The Duke of Newcastle.John Maynard, TavistockThomas Clifford, TotnesWilliam Russell, TavistockDenzil Holles, DorchesterEdward Montagu, Weymouth and DoverWilliam Penn, DorchesterSir Ralph Bankes, Corfe CastleEdward Turnour, EssexSir Harbottle Grimston ColchesterMatthew Hale, GloucestershireSir Edward MassieJohn Marsham, RochesterRichard Legh, NewtonWilliam Waller, MiddlesexRichard Browne, London.Henry Somerset, MonmouthshireRobert Paston, Yarmouth Richard Raynsford, NorthamptonJohn Rushworth, Berwick.William Pierrepont, NottinghamshireColonel John Hutchinson, NottinghamThomas Jones, ShrewsburyWilliam Prynne, BathSir Anthony Ashley Cooper, Wiltshire Thomas Fairfax, YorkshireAndrew Marvell, HullGeorge Savile, PontefractEdward Montagu, DoverArthur Annesley CarmarthernshireJohn Glynne, Carnarvonshire
This list contains details of the MPs elected in 1660.