Michael Biddulph (1610–1666) was an English politician who sat in the

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in 1660. Biddulph was the son of Michael Biddulph of Market Street

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, and his wife Elizabeth Skeffington, daughter of Sir William Skeffington, 1st Baronet of Fisherwick and was baptised on 6 November 1610. He was a soldier and was about to enlist in a royalist regiment in Wiltshire during the

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when his family, who supported the parliamentary cause, recalled him.History of Parliament Online - Biddulph, Michael
/ref> In 1660, Biddulph was elected Member of Parliament for

in the Convention Parliament. Biddulph died unmarried at the age of 55 and was buried at Stowe on 3 November 1666.

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1610 births 1666 deaths English MPs 1660 People from Lichfield {{1660-England-MP-stub