Sir John Sackville (c. 1591–1661) was an English gentleman and landowner who sat in the

House of Commons The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of these countries, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the nominally upper house of parliament. ...

in 1625 and 1626. Sackville was the son of John Sackville of Selscomb, Sussex. He matriculated at

St John's College, Oxford St John's College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford. Founded as a men's college in 1555, it has been coeducational since 1979.Communication from Michael Riordan, college archivist Its founder, Sir Thomas White, intended to pro ...

on 21 October 1608 aged 17. In 1625, he was elected

member of parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...

for

Rye Rye (''Secale cereale'') is a grass grown extensively as a grain, a cover crop and a forage crop. It is a member of the wheat tribe (Triticeae) and is closely related to both wheat (''Triticum'') and barley (genus ''Hordeum''). Rye grain is u ...

. He was re-elected MP for Rye in 1626. He was knighted on 16 April 1628. 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Sabery-Saywell', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714 (1891), pp. 1297-1322. Date accessed: 8 May 2012
/ref> One of his sons was Edward Sackville, one of King James II's Major Generals during the

Glorious Revolution The Glorious Revolution; gd, Rèabhlaid Ghlòrmhor; cy, Chwyldro Gogoneddus , also known as the ''Glorieuze Overtocht'' or ''Glorious Crossing'' in the Netherlands, is the sequence of events leading to the deposition of King James II and ...

.SACKVILLE, Edward (c. 1640-1714), of Bow Street, Covent Garden, Westminster
at historyofparliamentonline.org, accessed 6 February 2020

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sackville, John 1590s births English MPs 1625 English MPs 1626 1661 deaths