John Trenchard (1586 – 1662) of

Warmwell Warmwell is a small village and civil parish in south west Dorset, England, situated on the B3390 road about southeast of Dorchester. In 2013 the estimated population of the parish was 80. Warmwell contains several historic buildings, includin ...

, near Dorchester was an English politician who sat in the

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at various times between 1621 and 1659. Trenchard was born in

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, near Dorchester, the son of Sir George Trenchard of Warmwell and his wife Ann née Speke, daughter of Sir George Speke of White Lackington. John Burke ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great ..., Volume 4''"> John Burke ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great ..., Volume 4''
/ref> In 1621, Trenchard was elected

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for Wareham and was re-elected MP for Wareham in 1624 and 1625. In April 1640, Trenchard was re-elected MP for Wareham in the

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and elected again for the same constituency for the

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in November 1640, sitting until 1653. He was elected MP for

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in the

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of 1653 and the

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in 1656. He sat again for Weymouth in 1659 in the Restored Rump Parliament. Trenchard died in London and was buried at Warmwell. He had married Jane Rodney, daughter of Sir John Rodney of Stoke, Somerset. His daughter Jane married John Sadler, Master of

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, and his daughter Grace married

William Sydenham William Sydenham (1615–1661) was a Cromwellian soldier; and the eldest brother of Thomas Sydenham. He fought for Parliament and defeated the Cavaliers, Royalists in various skirmishes in Dorset. He was member of the various parliaments of the Co ...

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