Sir Roger Puleston (1565 – 13 December 1618) was a Welsh politician who sat in the

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at various times between 1584 and 1611. Puleston was the son of Sir Roger Puleston of Emral. He matriculated at

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, on 27 April 1582. In 1584, he was elected Member of Parliament for

Great Bedwyn Great Bedwyn is a village and civil parish in east Wiltshire, England. The village is on the River Dun about southwest of Hungerford, southeast of Swindon and southeast of Marlborough. The Kennet and Avon Canal and the Reading to Taunt ...

. He entered the

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in November 1585. In 1586, he was reelected MP for Great Bedwyn. He was elected MP for

Flintshire Flintshire () is a county in the north-east of Wales. It borders the Irish Sea to the north, the Dee Estuary to the north-east, the English county of Cheshire to the east, Wrexham County Borough to the south, and Denbighshire to the west. ...

in 1588 and MP for

Denbighshire Denbighshire ( ; ) is a county in the north-east of Wales. It borders the Irish Sea to the north, Flintshire to the east, Wrexham to the southeast, Powys to the south, and Gwynedd and Conwy to the west. Rhyl is the largest town, and Ruthi ...

in 1593. In 1604, he was elected MP for Flintshire again. He was knighted on 28 August 1617.W R Williams ''The Parliamentary History of the Principality of Wales''
/ref> Puleston died at the age of about 53. Puleston married Jane Hanmer daughter of William Hanmer of Hanmer.

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1565 births 1618 deaths Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for constituencies in Wales Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford Members of the Inner Temple People from Flintshire Members of the Parliament of England for Denbighshire 16th-century Welsh politicians 17th-century Welsh politicians English MPs 1584–1585 English MPs 1586–1587 English MPs 1589 English MPs 1593 English MPs 1604–1611 {{1604-England-MP-stub