John Purcell (died 1665) was a Welsh politician who sat in the

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from 1660 to 1665. Purcell was of

Nantcribba Nantcribba is a township in the parish of Forden in the historic county of Montgomeryshire and now in Powys It is also the site of Nantcribba Castle which was built by the Corbett, Barons of Caus, of Caus Castle in Shropshire. To the south of th ...

near Montgomery, and was possibly the son of Edward Purcell and his wife Mary Pryse daughter of Sir Richard Pryse of

Gogerddan __NOTOC__ Gogerddan, or in English, Gogarthen, was an estate near to Trefeurig and the most important in what was then the county of Cardiganshire, Wales. Owned since at least the fifteenth century by the Pryse family, the main house, called Pla ...

.W R Williams ''The Parliamentary History of the Principality of Wales''
/ref> In 1660, Purcell was elected

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for

Montgomeryshire Montgomeryshire, also known as ''Maldwyn'' ( cy, Sir Drefaldwyn meaning "the Shire of Baldwin's town"), is one of thirteen historic counties of Wales, historic counties and a former administrative county of Wales. It is named after its county tow ...

in the Convention Parliament. In 1661 he was elected MP for Montgomery and was seated after a double return. He sat in the

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until his death in 1665

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Year of birth missing 1665 deaths Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for constituencies in Wales 17th-century Welsh politicians English MPs 1660 English MPs 1661–1679 {{Wales-pre1707-MP-stub