Claim: Alexander Bence, an English merchant and politician who was elected MP for Suffolk in the First Protectorate Parliament in 1654, was master of Trinity House from 1659 to 1660.
Evidence: Alexander Bence (born ca. 1590) was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England from 1640 to 1648 and in 1654. In 1654 he was elected MP for Suffolk in the First Protectorate Parliament. He was master of Trinity House from 1659 to 1660.