John Byne (1635–1661) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the

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from 1659 to 1661. Byne was the eldest son of Edmund Byne of Rowdell (near

Washington, West Sussex Washington is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It is located west of Steyning and east of Storrington on the A24 between Horsham and Worthing. The parish covers an area of . In the 2001 census 1,930 pe ...

) and his wife Elizabeth Goring, daughter of Henry Goring of Highden (also near Washington, West Sussex). He was baptised on 8 October 1635. In 1646 he succeeded to the estate of Rowdell on the death of his father. In 1659, he was elected

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for

Bramber Bramber is a former manor, village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It has a ruined mediaeval castle which was the ''caput'' of a large feudal barony. Bramber is located on the northern edge of the South Downs ...

in the

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. He was also commissioner for militia for Sussex in 1659. He was commissioner for assessment from January 1660 until his death and captain of militia horse from April 1660 to his death. In April 1660 he was re-elected MP for Bramber in the Convention Parliament. He was commissioner for sewers for West Sussex from October 1660. In 1661 he was re-elected MP for Bramber in the

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and was seated after a double return. History of Parliament Online - John Byne
/ref> Byne died at the age of 26 and was buried at Washington on 31 December 1661. Byne married Susanna Hodgson, daughter of Goldsmith Hodgson of

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on 14 June 1657 and had four daughters. His widow married Sir Francis Guybon, MP for

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Byne, John 1635 births 1661 deaths People from Washington, West Sussex Place of birth missing English MPs 1659 English MPs 1660 English MPs 1661–1679 Commissioners for sewers