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 Member of Parliament 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, 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