Sir John Manwood (died 1653) was an English politician who sat in the
House of Commons in 1640.
Manwood was the son of
Sir Peter Manwood and a grandson of
Roger Manwood. In November 1609, he was admitted at
Inner Temple . He was knighted on 3 April 1618. He inherited the estates at St Stephens and in 1637 sold them to Colonel Thomas Colepeper. He was a gentleman of the privy chamber, and was lieutenant-governor of
Dover Castle in 1639.
In April 1640, Manwood was elected
Member of Parliament for
Sandwich in the
Short Parliament
The Short Parliament was a Parliament of England that was summoned by King Charles I of England on the 20th of February 1640 and sat from 13th of April to the 5th of May 1640. It was so called because of its short life of only three weeks.
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He subsequently resided mainly in the Netherlands.
Manwood married firstly in 1627 at St. Bartholomew's Lavinia Ogle, daughter of Sir John Ogle of St. Peter le Poor. He married secondly Cornelia Mescrian of
Dort, Holland.
References
*Dictionary of National Biography for Peter Manwood
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Year of birth missing
1653 deaths
English MPs 1640 (April)
Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber
English expatriates in the Netherlands