Sir Theobald Gorges (died c. 1647) was an English politician who sat in the

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from 1640 to 1644. He supported the

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side in the

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. Gorges was the son of Sir Thomas Gorges of Langford Wiltshire.W R Williams ''Parliamentary History of the County of Gloucester''
/ref> In November 1640, Gorges was elected

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for

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in the

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. Gorges was knighted in 1641 and supported the King. He was disabled from sitting in parliament in January 1644. He was imprisoned for 14 months and fined £520. Gorges married firstly to Anne Poole, daughter of Henry Poole of Saperton, and as a widower "aged about 52" married by licence of the Bishop of London to Anne Gage, daughter of John Gage, esq.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gorges, Theobald Year of birth unknown 1647 deaths English MPs 1640–1648 Cavaliers