Richard Dyott (1619 – 5 November 1677) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the

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between 1667 and 1677. He was a

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soldier who fought in the

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. Dyott was the son of Richard Dyott of Freeford Manor, near

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and his wife Dorothy Dorrington, daughter of Richard Dorrington of Stafford. He was captain of the Lichfield Volunteers who fought for King Charles I at the

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. He accompanied the royal family to the Netherlands during the

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and returned to England shortly before the Restoration.John Burke ''A genealogical and heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain''
/ref> In 1667 Dyott was elected Member of Parliament for

. He held the seat until his death in 1677. Dyott married firstly on 7 February 1664 Katherine Gresley, daughter of Thomas Gresley of Drakelow. He married secondly on 28 April 1670 Anne Greene, by whom he had a son

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1619 births 1677 deaths English MPs 1661–1679 People from Lichfield 17th-century English landowners Royalist military personnel of the English Civil War {{1661-England-MP-stub