Francis Ingoldsby (1615 – 1 October 1681) was an English politician who sat in the

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between 1654 and 1659. Ingoldsby was the son of Sir

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, Buckinghamshire and his wife Elizabeth Cromwell. He matriculated at

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on 25 November 1631, aged 16. He sold his estate of Lenborough to his steward. 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Ibbetson-Izod', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp. 785–792. Date accessed: 7 August 2011
/ref> In 1654 he was elected

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for

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for the

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. He was re-elected MP for Buckingham in 1656 for the

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and again in 1659 for the

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. On the Restoration, he was one of those nominated for the projected title of

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. Ingoldsby died a pensioner of the Charterhouse, London in 1681. Ingoldsby was the brother of

who was one of the few regicides to be pardoned.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ingoldsby, Francis 1615 births 1681 deaths Alumni of Lincoln College, Oxford People from Buckingham English MPs 1654–1655 English MPs 1656–1658 English MPs 1659