Edward Grosvenor was an English soldier and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1656 to 1659. He served in the

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army in the

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. Grosvenor was quartermaster-general in the Parliamentary army. He was created MA at

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on 19 May 1649. 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Greenhill-Gysby', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp. 600–625. Date accessed: 3 November 2011
/ref> In 1656, he was elected

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for

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in the Second Protectorate Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Middlesex in 1659 for the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Grosvenor, Edward Year of birth missing Year of death missing Roundheads Alumni of the University of Oxford Members of the Parliament of England for Middlesex English MPs 1656–1658 English MPs 1659