Samuel Western (3 August 1652 – 20 August 1699) was an English politician who sat in the
House of Commons
The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the Bicameralism, bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of these countries, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the nominally upper house of ...
from 1689 to 1698.
Biography
Western was the son of Thomas Western of Rivenhall Essex and his wife Martha Gott daughter of
Samuel Gott. His father was a merchant and councillor of the city of London who had considerable interests in iron in the area of Winchelsea. Western was a member of Gray's Inn.
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Western was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Winchelsea
Winchelsea () is a town in the county of East Sussex, England, located between the High Weald and the Romney Marsh, approximately south west of Rye and north east of Hastings. The current town, which was founded in 1288, replaced an earli ...
on 17 January 1689 and held the seat until 1698.
References
1652 births
1699 deaths
English MPs 1689–1690
English MPs 1690–1695
English MPs 1695–1698
Members of Gray's Inn
17th-century deaths from tuberculosis
Tuberculosis deaths in England
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