# List of MPs elected to the English parliament in 1654

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Predecessors   Witenagemot 7th – 11th centuries   Curia regis 1066 – c. 1215 :
Henry III   1st 1237   2nd 1242   3rd 1244   4th 1246   3rd 1247   4th 1248   Unnumbered 1251   5th 1252   6th 1253   7th 1254   8th 1255   9th 1258   10th "Oxford/Mad" 1258   11th "Simon de Montfort" 1265 :
Edward I   "Model" 1295 :
Edward II   "Westminster" 1327 :
Edward III   "Good" 1376   "Bad" 1377 :
Richard II   "Wonderful" 1386   "Merciless" 1388 :
Henry IV   "Convention" 1399   "Unlearned" 1404 :
Henry V   "Fire and Faggot" 1414 :
Henry VI   "Bats" 1426   "Devils" 1459 :
Edward IV :
Richard III :
Henry VII :
Henry VIII   "Reformation" 1529–1536 :
Edward VI :
Mary I   1st 1553   2nd 1554   3rd 1554–1555   4th 1555   5th 1558 :
Elizabeth I   1st 1559   2nd 1563–1567   3rd 1571   4th 1572–1583   5th 1584–1585   6th 1586–1587   7th 1589   8th 1593   9th 1597–1598   10th 1601 :
James I  1st "Blessed" 1604  2nd "Addled" 1614  3rd 1621  4th 1624 :
Charles I  1st "Useless" 1625  2nd 1626  3rd 1628  4th "Short" Apr 1640  5th "Long (1) Nov 1640  Oxford/Mongrel 1644 :
Revolution and Commonwealth  1st "Long (2) 1645  2nd "Rump (1)" 1648  3rd "Barebone's/Little/Nominated Assembly/Saints" 1653 :
Protectorate  1st 1654  2nd 1656  3rd 1659  4th "Rump (2)" 1659 :
Commonwealth  1st "Rump (3)" 1659  2nd "Long (3)" 1660 :
Charles II  1st "Convention (1)" 1660  2nd "Cavalier" 1661  3rd "Habeas Corpus/First Exclusion" 1679  4th "Exclusion Bill/Second Exclusion" 1680  5th "Oxford/Third Exclusion" 1681 :
James II  "Loyal" 1685 :
William III and Mary II  1st "Convention (2)" 1689  2nd 1690  3rd 1695  4th 1698  5th Feb 1701  6th Dec 1701 :
Anne  1st 1702  2nd 1705 :
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This is a list of members of Parliament (MPs) in the First Protectorate Parliament under the Commonwealth of England which began at Westminster on 3 September 1654, and was held to 22 January 1655.
The preceding Barebone's Parliament was made up almost entirely of County seats. In this the First Protectorate Parliament, many boroughs received back their franchise. However anticipating the Reform Act by nearly 200 years, a number of rotten boroughs were excluded and representation was given to several towns including Manchester, Leeds and Halifax and to the county and city of Durham.
This list contains details of the MPs elected in 1654. Normally when a member is elected for more than one seat a choice is made regarding which seat he represents and an alternative member is chosen for the other. In this parliament however this reseating did not take place, and so some individuals are shown for two or even three seats. It was succeeded by the Second Protectorate Parliament

## List of constituencies and MPs

Bedfordshire :
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Bedfordshire | Sir William Boteler John Harvey Edmund Wingate John Neale Samuel Bedford | |
| Bedford | Bulstrode Whitelocke | |
| Berkshire |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Berkshire | George Purefoy Edmund Dunch Sir Robert Pye John Dunch John Southby | |
| Abingdon | Thomas Holt | |
| Reading | Robert Hammond | |
| Buckinghamshire |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Buckinghamshire | Bulstrode Whitelocke Richard Ingoldsby George Fleetwood Sir Richard Pigot Richard Greenville | |
| Buckingham | Francis Ingoldsby | |
| Wycombe | Thomas Scot | |
| Aylesbury | Henry Phillips | |
| Cambridgeshire |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Cambridgeshire | John Delbrow Francis Russell Henry Pickering Robert Castle | |
| Cambridge | Richard Timbs (Alderman of Cambridge) | |
| Cambridge University | Henry Cromwell | |
| Isle of Ely | John Thurloe George Glapthorn | |
| Cheshire |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Cheshire | John Bradshaw George Booth Henry Brooke (of Norton) John Crew | |
| City of Chester | Charles Walley | |
| Cornwall |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Cornwall | Thomas Gewen Thomas Ceely (of Trevisham) Richard Carter ( Anthony Rous James Launce (of Pennare) Walter Moyle Charles Boscawen Anthony Nichols | |
| Launceston | Robert Bennet | |
| Truro | Francis Rous | |
| Penryn | John Fox | |
| East Looe and West Looe | John Blackmore | |
| Cumberland |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Cumberland | Major General Charles Howard Colonel William Briscoe | |
| Carlisle | Colonel Thomas Fitch | |
| Derbyshire |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Derbyshire | Nathaniel Barton Thomas Sanders Edward Gell John Gell | |
| Derby | Gervase Bennet | |
| Devon |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Devon | Thomas Saunders Robert Rolle Arthur Upton Thomas Reynell William Morice John Hale William Bastard William Fry Sir John Northcote, Bt Henry Hatsell John Quick | |
| Exeter | Thomas Bampfield Thomas Gibbons | |
| Plymouth | Christopher Ceely (Merchant) William Yeo | |
| Clifton Dartmouth Hardness | Thomas Boone | |
| Totnes | Major-General Desborough | |
| Barnstaple | John Dodderidge | |
| Tiverton | Major John Blackmore | Blackmore declared void – replaced by Robert Shapcote |
| Honiton | Sir John Yonge | |
| Dorset |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Dorset | William Sydenham John Bingham Sir Walter Earle John Fitzjames John Trenchard Henry Henley | |
| Dorchester | John Whiteway | |
| Melcombe | Denis Bond | |
| Lyme Regis | Edmund Prideaux | |
| Poole | Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper | |
| Durham |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| County Durham | Robert Lilburne George Lilburne | |
| City of Durham | Anthony Smith (Mercer) | |
| Essex |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Essex | Sir William Masham Bt Sir Richard Everard, 1st Baronet of Much Waltham Sir Thomas Honywood Sir Thomas Bowes Sir Henry Mildmay Thomas Coke Carew Mildmay Dionysius Wakering Edward Turnor Richard Cutts Oliver Raymond Herbert Pelham | |
| Maldon | Joachim Matthews | |
| Colchester | Colonel John Barkstead John Maidstone | |
| Gloucestershire |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Gloucestershire | George Berkeley Matthew Hale John Howe Christopher Guise Sylvanus Wood | |
| Gloucester | Thomas Pury William Lenthall | |
| Tewkesbury | Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper | Cooper replaced by Francis St John |
| Cirencester | John Stone | |
| Hampshire |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Hampshire | Richard Lord Cromwell Richard Norton Richard Major John St Barbe Robert Wallop Francis Rivett Edward Hooper John Bulkeley | |
| Winchester | John Hildesley | |
| Southampton | John Lisle | |
| Portsmouth | Nathaniel Whetham | |
| Andover | John Duns (of Hurstley) | |
| Isle of Wight | William Sydenham Viscount L'Isle | |
| Herefordshire |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Herefordshire | John Scudamore John Pateshal John Flacket Richard Read | |
| Hereford | Bennet Hoskyns | |
| Leominster | John Birch | |
| Hertfordshire |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Hertfordshire | Henry Lawrence William Earl of Salisbury Sir John Wittewrong, 1st Baronet Sir Richard Lucy, 1st Baronet Thomas Nicholl | |
| St Albans | Alban Cox | |
| Hertford | Isaac Pulter | |
| Huntingdonshire |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Huntingdonshire | Edward Montagu Henry Cromwell (the younger) Stephen Pheasant (of Upwood) | |
| Huntingdon | John Bernard | |
| Kent (see also Cinque Ports) |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Kent | Lieutenant Colonel Henry Oxenden William James Colonel John Dixwell John Boys Sir Henry Vane (senior) Lambert Godfrey Colonel Richard Beal Augustine Skinner John Selliard Colonel Ralph Weldon Daniel Shatterden | |
| Canterbury | Thomas Scot Francis Butcher | |
| Rochester | John Parker (Recorder) | |
| Maidstone | Sir John Banks, 1st Baronet | |
| Queensborough | Augustine Garland | |
| Lancashire |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Lancashire | Richard Holland Gilbert Ireland Richard Standish William Ashurst | |
| Preston | Richard Shuttleworth | |
| Lancaster | Henry Porter | |
| Liverpool | Thomas Birch sen. | |
| Manchester | Charles Worsley |
| Leicestershire |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Leicestershire | Thomas Beaumont Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford Lord Grey of Groby Thomas Pochin | |
| Leicester | Sir Arthur Hesilrige William Stanley (Alderman) | |
| Lincolnshire |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Lincolnshire | Edward Rossiter Thomas Hall Thomas Lister Charles Hall Captain Francis Fiennes (Sir) John Wray Colonel Thomas Hatcher William Woolley William Savile William Welby | |
| Lincoln | William Marshall (Alderman) Original Peart (Alderman) | |
| Boston | William Ellis | . |
| Grantham | William Bury sen | |
| Stamford | John Weaver | |
| Grimsby | William Wray | |
| Middlesex |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Middlesex | Sir James Harrington, Bt Sir William Roberts Josiah Berners Edmund Harvey | |
| Westminster | Thomas Latham Thomas Falconbridge | |
| City of London | Thomas Foote William Steele Thomas Adams John Langham Samuel Avery Andrew Riccard | |
| Monmouthshire |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Monmouthshire | Richard Lord Cromwell Philip Jones Henry Herbert | Cromwell chose Hampshire, and Jones chose Glamorgan. Replaced by Thomas Morgan and Thomas Hughes |
| Norfolk |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Norfolk | Sir John Hobart Sir William D'Oyly Sir Ralph Hare, Bt Thomas Weld Robert Wilton Thomas Sotherton Philip Wodehouse Robert Wood (senior) Philip Bedingfield (senior) Tobias Frere | |
| Norwich | Bernard Church John Hobart | |
| King's Lynn | Major-General Philip Skippon Guybon Goddard (Recorder) | |
| Yarmouth | Colonel William Goffe Thomas Dunn | |
| Northamptonshire |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Northamptonshire | Sir Gilbert Pickering, Bt John Dryden Bt. John Crew Sir John Norwich, Bt John Claypole, senior Thomas Brooke | |
| Peterborough | Humphrey Orme Alexander Blake | |
| Northampton | Peter Whalley | |
| Northumberland |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Northumberland | William Fenwick Robert Fenwick (of Bedlington) Henry Ogle (of Eglingham) | |
| Newcastle | Sir Arthur Hesilrige | |
| Berwick upon Tweed | George Fenwick | |
| Nottinghamshire |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Nottinghamshire | Hon. William Pierrepont Major-General Edward Whalley Colonel Edward Neville Charles White | |
| Nottingham | James Chadwick John Mason | |
| Oxfordshire |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Oxfordshire | Robert Jenkinson Charles Fleetwood Colonel James Whitelocke Nathaniel Fiennes William Lenthall | Whitelocke replaced by Richard Croke |
| Oxford | Bulstrode Whitelocke | |
| Oxford University | John Owen D. D. | |
| Woodstock | Lieutenant-General Charles Fleetwood | |
| Rutland |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Rutland | William Shield Edward Horseman | |
| Salop |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Shropshire | Humphrey Mackworth sen. Thomas Mytton Robert Corbet Philip Young | |
| Shrewsbury | Richard Cheshire Humphrey Mackworth jun. | |
| Bridgnorth | William Crown | |
| Ludlow | John Aston | |
| Somerset |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Somerset | Sir John Honner John Buckland General John Desborough John Preston John Harrington John Ashe Charles Steynings Robert Long Richard Jones Thomas Hippisley Samuel Perry | |
| Bristol | Richard Aldworth Miles Jackson | |
| Bath | Alexander Popham | |
| Wells | Lislebone Long | |
| Taunton | Thomas Gorges John Gorges | |
| Bridgwater | Robert Blake | |
| Staffordshire |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Staffordshire | Sir Charles Wolseley, 2nd Baronet Thomas Crompton Thomas Whitgrave | |
| Lichfield | Thomas Minors | |
| Stafford | John Bradshaw | |
| Newcastle under Lyme | Edward Keeling | |
| Suffolk |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Suffolk | Sir William Spring Sir Thomas Barnardiston Sir Thomas Bedingfield William Bloys John Gurdon William Gibbes John Brandling Alexander Bence John Sicklemore Thomas Bacon | |
| Ipswich | Nathaniel Bacon Francis Bacon | |
| Bury St Edmunds | Samuel Moody John Clarke | |
| Dunwich | Gen. Robert Brewster | |
| Sudbury | John Fothergill | |
| Surrey |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Surrey | Sir Richard Onslow Major-General Lambert Arthur Onslow Francis Drake Robert Holman Robert Wood | |
| Southwark | Samuel Highland Robert Warcup | |
| Guildford | Richard Hiller (of Guilford) | |
| Reigate | Edward Bysshe | |
| Sussex |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Sussex | Herbert Morley Sir Thomas Pelham, 2nd Baronet Anthony Stapley John Stapley John Fagg William Hay John Pelham Francis Lord Dacres Herbert Springet | |
| Chichester | Henry Peckham | |
| Lewes | Henry Shelley | |
| East Grinstead | John Goodwin | |
| Arundel | Anthony Shirley | |
| Warwickshire |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Warwickshire | Richard Lucy Thomas Willoughby Sir Richard Temple William Purefoy | |
| Coventry | William Purefoy Robert Beake | |
| Warwick | Richard Lucy | |
| Westmorland |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Westmoreland | Christopher Lister Jeremy Baynes | |
| Wiltshire |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Wiltshire | Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper Alexander Popham Thomas Grove Alexander Thistlethwaite Francis Holles John Ernle William Yorke John Norden James Ash Gabriel Martin | |
| Salisbury | Edward Tooker William Stevens (Recorder) | |
| Marlborough | Charles Fleetwood | |
| Devizes | Sir Edward Bayntun | |
| Worcestershire |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Worcestershire | Sir Thomas Rouse, 1st Baronet Edward Pytts Nicholas Lechmere John Bridges Talbot Badger | |
| Worcester | William Collins Edward Elvines (Alderman) | |
| Yorkshire |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Yorkshire | | |
| West Riding | Sir Thomas Fairfax John Lambert Henry Tempest John Bright Edward Gill Martin Lister | |
| East Riding | Sir William Strickland Hugh Bethell Richard Robinson Walter Strickland | |
| North Riding | Lord Eure Francis Lascelles Thomas Harrison George Smithson | |
| York | Sir Thomas Widdrington Thomas Dickenson, (Alderman) | |
| Kingston upon Hull | William Lister | |
| Beverley | Francis Thorpe (Baron of the Exchequer) | |
| Scarborough | John Wildman | |
| Richmond | John Wastal (of Scornton) | |
| Leeds | Adam Bayns (of Knowstrop) | |
| Halifax | Jeremy Bentley | |
| Cinque Ports |||
| Dover | William Cullen | |
| Sandwich | Thomas Kelsey | |
| Rye | Herbert Morley | |
| Wales |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Anglesey | George Twisleton William Foxwist | |
| Brecknockshire | Lord Herbert Edmund Jones | |
| Cardiganshire | James Philipps Jenkin Lloyd | |
| Carmarthenshire | John Claypole Rowland Dawkins | |
| Carnarvonshire | John Glynne Thomas Madryn | |
| Denbighshire | Col. Simon Thelwall Col. John Carter | |
| Flintshire | John Trevor Andrew Ellice | |
| Glamorgan | Philip Jones Edmund Thomas | |
| Cardiff | John Price | |
| Merioneth | John Vaughan | |
| Montgomeryshire | Sir John Price Bt Charles Lloyd | |
| Pembrokeshire | Sir Erasmus Philipps, 3rd Baronet Arthur Owen | |
| Haverford West | John Upton | |
| Radnorshire | George Gwynne Henry Williams | |
| Scotland |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Sheriffdom of Inverness | Lieut. Col. William Michel | |
| Sheriffdoms of Forfar and Kinkardine | Col. David Barclay of Urie | |
| Sheriffdoms of Fife and Kinross | Col. James Hay | |
| Sheriffdom of Perth | George Livingston, 3rd Earl of Linlithgow | |
| Sheriffdoms of Linlithgow, Sterling, and Clackmannan | Col. Thomas Read (Governor of Stirling) | |
| Sheriffdoms of Dunbarton, Argyll, and Bute | Sir James Hamilton (of Orbiston) | |
| Sheriffdom of Lannerick | Col. William Lockhart | |
| Sheriffdom of Midlothian | George Smith (one of the Judges of Scotland) | |
| Sheriffdom of Merse | John Swinton (of Swinton) | |
| Sheriffdoms of Selkirk and Peebles | John Thompson (Auditor-General of the Revenues of Scotland) | |
| Sheriffdom of Dumfries | James Johnstone, 2nd Earl of Hartfell | |
| Sheriffdom of Wigton | Sir James MacDowel (of Garthland) | |
| Sheriffdom of East-Lothian | Benjamin Bridie (of Dolphinton) | |
| Boroughs of Forfar, Dundee, Arbroth, Montross, Buchan | Sir Alexander Wedderburn (of Blackness, Clerk of Dundee) | |
| Boroughs of Lithgow, Queens Ferry, Perth, Culross, and Stirling | Col. John Okey | |
| Boroughs of St. Andrews, Dysart, Kirkaldy, Anstruther-East, Pittenween, Creel, Dumfermline Kinghorn, Anstruther-West, Innerleithing, Kilkenny, and Burnt-Island | James Snord (Burgess of Saint Andrews) | |
| City of Edinburgh | Samuel Desborrow (Commissioner for the Revenues) George Downing (Scout-Master-General) | |
| Boroughs of Lannerick, Glasgow, Rutherglen, Rothsay, Renfrew, Ayre, Irwynn, and Dunbarton | John Wilk (of Bromhouse) | |
| Boroughs of Dumfreize, Sanclare, Lochmaben, Annand, Wigton, Kirkudbright, Whithorn, and Galloway | Major Jeremiah Tolhurst (Burgess of Dumfries) | |
| Boroughs of Peebles, Selkirk, Jedburgh, Lander, North Berwick, Dunbar, and Haddington | William Thompson (Burgess of Haddington) | |
| Ireland |||
| Constituency | Members | Notes |
| Counties of Meath and Louth | Col. John Fowk (Governor of Drogheda) Major William Cadogan. | |
| Counties of Kildare and Wicklow | Maj. Anthony Morgan Maj. William Meredith. | |
| County Dublin | Colonel John Hewson (of Lutterels Town) | |
| City of Dublin | Daniel Hutchinson (Alderman) | |
| Counties of Catberlougb, Wexford, Kilkenny, and Queen's County | Thomas Sadler Daniel Axtell | |
| Counties of Westmeath, Longford, and King's County | Theophilus Jones Thomas Scot. | |
| Counties of Down, Antrim, and Armagh | Col. Robert Venables Col. Arthur Hill | |
| Towns of Carrickfergus and Belfast | Major Daniel Redmond. | |
| Counties of Londonderry, Donegal, and Tyrone | Col. John Clark Thomas Newburgh (of Lifford in County Donegal) | |
| Towns of Derry and Coleraine | Ralph King | |
| Counties of Cavan, Fermanagh, and Monaghan | Col. John Cole | |
| Counties of Kerry, Limerick, and Clare | Major Gen. Sir Hardress Waller Col. Henry Ingoldsby | |
| City and County of the City of Limerick and Kilmallock | William Purefoy | |
| County of Cork | Roger Boyle, Lord Baron of Broghill | |
| Towns of Cork and Youghal | Col. William Jephson | |
| Towns of Bandon and Kinsale | Vincent Gookin | |
| Counties of Tipperary and Waterford | John Reynolds(Commissary-General) Jerome Sankey | |
| Cities of Waterford and Clonmel | William Halsey | |
| Counties of Sligo, Roscommon, and Leitrim | Sir Robert King Sir John Temple | |
| Counties of Galway and Mayo | Sir Charles Coote (Commissary-General) John Reynolds | |