Francis Baskerville (born 1615) was an English politician who sat in the
House of Commons
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in 1640.
Baskerville was the son of Thomas Baskerville of Richardston Wiltshire and his wife Joan Lor.
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In April 1640, Baskerville was elected member of parliament
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for Marlborough
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in the Short Parliament.
Note – J. Waylen, History of Marlborough, 522, lists the borough's members as Sir William Carnaby and Sir Francis Seymour, but Seymour was returned as knight of the shire in April]
Baskerville married Margaret Glanville daughter of
John Glanville, Sir John Glanville of
Broad Hinton
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Wiltshire in April 1635.
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1615 births
Year of death unknown
English MPs 1640 (April)