Sir Edmund Jennings (1626 – September 1691) was an English politician who sat in the

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at various times between 1659 and 1691.

Life

Jennings was born at Scotton, the son of Jonathan Jennings of

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, West Riding of Yorkshire and was baptised at Farnham, Yorkshire on 30 November 1626. He attended schools at Silsden and Ripon in the West Riding of Yorkshire. He was admitted at

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on 7 May 1641. He was admitted at

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on 6 October 1646. In 1659, Jennings was elected Member of Parliament for

in the

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.History of Parliament Online - Jennings, Edmund
/ref> In 1660, he was elected MP for Ripon in the Convention Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Ripon in 1673 for the

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and sat until 1679. He was

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in 1675. He was re-elected MP for Ripon in 1685 and sat until 1687 and in 1690 and sat until 1691. Jennings died at the age of 64. Jennings married Margaret Barkham, daughter of

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and of Tottenham High Cross, Middlesex. Their third son, also

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and who like his father and grandfather became a lawyer, emigrated to the Virginia colony, where he served as the colony's Attorney General, as well as in both houses of the legislature, and briefly as the colony's Governor.

References

, - {{DEFAULTSORT:Jennings, Edmund 1626 births 1691 deaths Alumni of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge Members of Lincoln's Inn English MPs 1659 High sheriffs of Yorkshire English MPs 1661–1679 English MPs 1685–1687 English MPs 1690–1695