Richard Tolson
Richard Tolson (1622–1689) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1646 to 1648 and in 1660.
Biography[]
Tolson was the son of Henry Tolson of Bridekirk in west Cumbria and his wife Margaret Savile, daughter of Henry Savile of . He matriculated at Oriel College, Oxford on 17 October 1639, aged 17. He entered Lincoln's Inn in 1641 and also Gray's Inn in 1646.[1]
In 1646, Tolson was elected Member of Parliament for Cumberland and sat until 1648 when he was secluded under Pride's Purge.[2] He was called to the Bar in 1656.[1]
In 1660, Tolson was elected MP for Cockermouth for the Convention Parliament. He was inactive in parliament. In 1667, he was High Sheriff of Cumberland.[1]
Tolson was buried at Wath on 2 July 1689.[1]
Family[]
Tolson married Anne Gregory, daughter of Gilbert Gregory of Barnby-upon-Don, Yorkshire, in around 1650 and had five sons.[1]
Notes[]
- ^ a b c d e Helms 1983.
- ^ Willis 1750, p. 243.
References[]
- Helms, M. W. (1983). "Tolson, Richard (c.1622-89)". In Henning, B.D. (ed.). The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1660-1690. Boydell and Brewer.
- Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. p. 243.
- 1622 births
- 1689 deaths
- Alumni of Oriel College, Oxford
- English lawyers
- High Sheriffs of Cumberland
- Members of Lincoln's Inn
- Members of Gray's Inn
- People from Cockermouth
- English MPs 1640–1648
- English MPs 1660