Roger North (died 1651)

Sir Roger North (18 February 1577 – 17 June 1651) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1648.

North was the son of Sir Henry North of Mildenhall, Suffolk and his wife Mary Knevit, daughter of Richard Knevit.^[1] He was knighted on 16 June 1618.^[2]

In 1621 North was elected Member of Parliament for Eye. He was then elected MP for Suffolk in 1624. In 1625 he was re-elected for Eye again and retained the seat in the 1626 and 1628 elections. He sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.^[3]

In April 1640, North was re-elected MP for Eye in the Short Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Eye in the Long Parliament in November 1640 and sat until 1648 when he was excluded under Pride's Purge.^[3]

North died at the age of 74.

North married firstly Elizabeth Gilbert, daughter of Sir John Gilbert of Great Finborough, Suffolk and had two sons and a daughter. Elizabeth died on 29 November 1612 and he married secondly, Thomasine, daughter of Thomas Clence of Holbrook. His son Henry succeeded him and became a Baronet.^[1]

References

1. John Burke, John Bernard Burke A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies
2. Knights of England
3. 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.