John Button (1624 – December 1679) was an English politician who sat in the

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at various times between 1659 and 1679. Button was the only son of John Button of Buckland in

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and his first wife Eleanor South, daughter of Thomas South of South Baddesley. He entered

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in 1641. He was made freeman of Lymington in 1646 and was a commissioner for militia in 1648. In 1659, he was elected

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for

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in the

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. He was re-elected MP for Lymington in 1660 for the Convention Parliament. In 1665 he succeeded his father to the estate of Buckland. He was a commissioner for assessment for Hampshire from 1677 and was a captain of the militia by 1679. In 1679 he was returned as MP for Lymington in the two elections but died before the second parliament met. History of Parliament Online - John Button
/ref> Button married Mary Jesson, daughter of

William Jesson William Jesson (1580 – 1651) was an English dyer and politician who was active in local government in Coventry and sat in the House of Commons between 1640 and 1648. Jesson was the son of Richard Jesson of Coventry and his wife Elizabeth Hill. ...

, dyer, of Coventry, Warwickshire and had a son and five daughters.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Button, John 1624 births 1679 deaths People from Lymington Members of the Inner Temple English MPs 1659 English MPs 1660 English MPs 1679 Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Lymington