Geoffrey Gates (c.1550
Bury St Edmunds
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,
Suffolk
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- ?) was a
Puritan
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MP for various Cornish constituencies.
He represented
St Mawes constituency,
West Looe constituency and
Camelford constituency. He was elected to
St Mawes
St Mawes () is a village on the end of the Roseland Peninsula, in the eastern side of Falmouth, Cornwall, Falmouth harbour, on the south coast of Cornwall, England. The village, formerly two separate hamlets, lies on the east bank of the Carri ...
in the 1572 United Kingdom general election, to
West Looe in 1584 and to
Camelford
Camelford () is a town and civil parish in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, situated in the River Camel valley northwest of Bodmin Moor. The town is approximately north of Bodmin and is governed by Camelford Town Council. The ward pop ...
in 1586.
Gates also wrote a
treatise
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called The Defence of Militarie Profession.
References
1550s births
Year of death unknown
Politicians from Suffolk
English MPs 1572–1583
English MPs 1584–1585
English MPs 1586–1587
Members of the Parliament of England for West Looe
Members of the Parliament of England for St Mawes
Members of the Parliament of England for Camelford
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