List of MPs elected to the English parliament in April 1640 facts for kids

The Short Parliament at Westminster began on 13 April 1640, and was held until 5 May. It sat for only 28 days, and was then dissolved. It was followed by the Long Parliament which began sitting in November 1640. Because of the short duration, several electoral disputes were not resolved before it was dissolved so in some instances there is an extra representative recorded.

List of constituencies and members

Sir John Glanville – Bristol (Speaker)

John Hampden – Buckinghamshire

Sir Edmund Verney – Wycombe

Sir Ralph Verney, 1st Bt – Aylesbury

Oliver Cromwell – Cambridge

Major General Sir William Brereton – Cheshire

Francis Rous – Truro

Sidney Godolphin – Helston

Sir John Maynard – Totnes

John Pym – Tavistock

Samuel Vassal – Middlesex - City of London

George Lord Digby – Dorset

Denzil Holles – Dorchester

Harbottle Grimston (younger) – Colchester

Sir Anthony Ashley-Cooper – Tewkesbury

William Hamilton – Portsmouth

Lucius Carey, Viscount Falkland – Newport

Sir Robert Harley – Herefordshire

Sir Orlando Bridgeman – Wigan

Sir Arthur Haselrig – Leicestershire

Sir John Glynne – Westminster

Miles Corbett – Great Yarmouth

William Fitzwilliam – Peterborough

Sir Thomas Widdrington – Berwick upon Tweed

William Lenthall – Woodstock

Nathaniel Fiennes – Banbury

Sir Ralph Hopton – Somerset

Sir Edward Littleton, 1st Baronet – Staffordshire

Sir Robert Long, 1st Baronet – Midhurst

Richard Viscount Dungarvon – Appleby

Sir Henry Vane – Wilton

Benjamin Rudyerd – Wilton

Edward Hyde – Wootton Bassett

Henry Vane – Hull

Ferdinando Lord Fairfax – Boroughbridge

Sir John Colepeper – Rye

See also

• List of parliaments of the United Kingdom
• Short Parliament