Sir Hugh Portman, 4th Baronet (died 1632) was an English politician who sat in the

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in two parliaments between 1625 and 1629. Portman was the son of

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and his wife Anne Gifford, daughter of Sir Henry Gifford. The

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went successively to Sir John Portman's four sons, passing to Hugh on the death of Sir John Portman, 3rd Baronet unmarried in 1624. William Courthope
''Debrett's complete peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland''
/ref> In 1625, Portman was elected

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for

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for the

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. He was re-elected for Taunton in 1628 where he sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament.

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''Notitia parliamentaria, or, An history of the counties, cities, and boroughs in England and Wales: ... The whole extracted from mss. and printed evidences'' 1750
/ref> Portman died in 1632 and was succeeded by his brother

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Portman, Hugh 1632 deaths Year of birth missing Baronets in the Baronetage of England English MPs 1625 English MPs 1628–1629