Nicholas Stoughton (20 September 1592 – 4 March 1648) was an English politician who sat in the
House of Commons
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at various times between 1624 and 1648.
He was the son of Sir
Lawrence Stoughton, MP and his wife Rose Ive, the stepdaughter of
William Hammond, MP. He was the brother of
George Stoughton, MP. He matriculated at
New College, Oxford
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on 30 March 1610 aged 18.
He was a student of
Inner Temple
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in 1613.
[Alumni Oxonienses]
/ref> In 1624, he was elected Member of Parliament
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for Guildford
Guildford ()
is a town in west Surrey, around southwest of central London. As of the 2011 census, the town has a population of about 77,000 and is the seat of the wider Borough of Guildford, which had around inhabitants in . The name "Guildf ...
. He was a Justice of the Peace
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for Surrey from 1624 to his death and was appointed High Sheriff of Surrey
The list of known High Sheriffs of Surrey extends back to 1066. At various times the High Sheriff of Surrey was also High Sheriff of Sussex (1229–1231, 1232–1240, 1242–1567, 1571–1635).
1066–1228
(High Sheriffs of Surrey only)
1229– ...
for 1637–38.Long Parliament
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[Browne Willis ''Notitia parliamentaria, or, An history of the counties, cities, and boroughs in England and Wales: ... The whole extracted from mss. and printed evidences'' 1750 pp186-239]
/ref> and sat until his death in 1648.
He married twice. Firstly Bridget, the daughter of Sir John Compton of Priors Dean, Hamshire, with whom he had two sons who predeceased him and two daughters and secondly Anne, the daughter of William Evans, Mercer, of London.
References
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1592 births
1648 deaths
Alumni of New College, Oxford
Members of the Inner Temple
High Sheriffs of Surrey
English MPs 1624–1625
English MPs 1640–1648