Unton Croke (died 1694) was an English soldier, lawyer and politician during the

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. He was the son of the elder

Unton Croke Unton Croke (159328 January 1671) was an English judge and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1628 and 1640. He supported the Parliamentarian cause during the English Civil War. Croke was the son of Sir John Croke of Chilton, Buckingh ...

. He was an officer in the

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. His most notable achievement was defeating the

Penruddock uprising The Penruddock Uprising was a Royalist revolt launched on 11 March 1655, intending to restore Charles II to the throne of England. It was led by John Penruddock, a Wiltshire landowner who fought for Charles I in the First English Civil War; ...

at South Molton in Devon in 1655, and capturing its leaders.https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Penruddock,_John_(DNB00) biography of John Penruddock He was appointed

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in 1658. He was elected MP for

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in 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 powe ...

in 1659. He was survived by five daughters.

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