Sampson Lort was a Welsh politician 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. T ...

in 1659. Lort was the second son of Henry Lort of Stackpole, Pembrokeshire and his wife Judith White, daughter of Henry White of Henllam, Pembrokeshire.George Edward Cokayne ''Complete Baronetage, Volume 3: 1649–1664'' 1902
/ref> In 1659, 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 o ...

for Pembroke in a double return for the

Third Protectorate Parliament The Third Protectorate Parliament sat for one session, from 27 January 1659 until 22 April 1659, with Chaloner Chute and Thomas Bampfylde as the Speakers of the House of Commons. It was a bicameral Parliament, with an Upper House having a po ...

which was never resolved.W. R. Williams ''The Parliamentary History of the Principality of Wales''
/ref> Lort married a daughter of

Sir John Philipps, 1st Baronet Sir John Philipps, 1st Baronet (died 27 March 1629) was a Welsh landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1601. Philipps was the son of Morgan Philipps of Picton and his wife Elizabeth Fletcher, daughter of Richard Fletcher o ...

, of Picton. He was the brother of Sir Roger Lort, 1st Baronet.

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Year of birth missing Year of death missing Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for constituencies in Wales People from Pembroke, Pembrokeshire English MPs 1659 {{Wales-pre1707-MP-stub