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Francis Downes (1606–1648) was an English politician who sat in the
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in 1624 and 1625. Downes was the second son of
Roger Downes Roger Downes (died 1638) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1601 and from 1621 to 1622. Downes was the son Roger Downes of Shrigley, Cheshire. He was a student of Staple Inn and then of Gray's Inn in 1589 a ...
of
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, and his second wife Anne Calvert, daughter of John Calvert of Cockeram. His mother was a Catholic and Downes also adopted the Catholic faith. History of Parliament Online – Roger Downes
/ref> He matriculated at
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on 5 December 1623, aged 17 and was a student of
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in 1623. 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500–1714: Disbrowe-Dyve', Alumni Oxonienses 1500–1714 (1891), pp. 406–439. Date accessed: 8 May 2012
/ref> In 1624, he was elected member of parliament for
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. He was re-elected MP for Wigan in 1625.William Duncombe Pink, Alfred B. Beaven ''The parliamentary representation of Lancashire, (county and borough), 1258–1885, with biographical and genealogical notices of the members, &c.'' (1889)
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1606 births 1648 deaths English MPs 1624–1625 English MPs 1625 {{1625-England-MP-stub