Alexander Rigby (22 August 1620 – February, 1694) was an English politician who sat in the

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in 1659 and 1660. Rigby was the son of

Alexander Rigby Alexander Rigby (1594 – 18 August 1650) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1640 and 1650. He was a colonel in the Parliamentary army in the English Civil War. Life Rigby was the son of Alexander Rigby ...

of Middleton in

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near Preston and his wife Lucy Legh of Manchester. He succeeded father at Middleton in 1650.William Duncombe Pink, Alfred B. Beaven ''The parliamentary representation of Lancashire, (county and borough), 1258-1885, with biographical and genealogical notices of the members, &c.'' (1889)
/ref> In 1659, Rigby was elected

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for

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in the

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.History of Parliament Online - Rigby, Alexander
/ref> In April 1660 he was elected MP for Preston in the Convention Parliament, but was unseated on petition. Rigby died at the age of 73 and was buried on 4 March 1694.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rigby, Alexander 1620 births 1694 deaths Place of birth missing Politicians from Preston, Lancashire English MPs 1659 English MPs 1660 Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Lancashire Lancashire Militia officers