Colonel John Lane of Bentley (1609 – 31 August 1667) was the

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for

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, Staffordshire from 1661 to 1667. A

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, he had given refuge to King Charles II at his

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estate following the Royalist defeat in 1651 at the

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, during the

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. Charles left Bentley in the guise of the servant of his sister Jane Lane who was travelling to Bristol (see

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). He was appointed MP shortly after the Restoration of the Monarchy. He died in 1667 and was succeeded by Richard Dyott.

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1609 births 1667 deaths Cavaliers English MPs 1661–1679 People from the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall {{17thC-England-MP-stub