Sir Charles Hussey (1626 – 2 December 1664) was an English politician who sat in the

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in two periods between 1656 and 1664. Hussey was the son of Sir Edward Hussey, 1st Baronet of Honington and his wife Elizabeth Anton, daughter of George Anton of Lincoln. He was baptised on 30 October 1626. In 1646 he was admitted at

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. His father died in 1648, but the baronetcy went to Hussey's nephew

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, son of his deceased brother

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/ref> He was commissioner for assessment for Lincolnshire 1652. In 1656, he was elected Member of Parliament for

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in the

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. He was commissioner for assessment for Lincolnshire in 1657 and commissioner for militia for Lincolnshire in 1659. History of Parliament Online - Charles Hussey
/ref> Hussey was commissioner for assessment for Lincolnshire in January 1660 and commissioner for militia in March 1660. He was a J.P. for Kesteven from March 1660 until his death. From August 1660, he was. commissioner for assessment for Kesteven and commissioner for sewers for Lincolnshire. He was created

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on 21 July 1661. In 1661 he was elected MP for Lincolnshire again in the

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where he was an active member. He was commissioner for assessment for Lincolnshire from 1661 to 1663,

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in 1662, commissioner for complaints for the Bedford level 1663 and commissioner for assessment for Lincolnshire from 1663 until his death. Hussey died at the age of 38 in London and was buried at Caythorpe where his estate was valued at about £2,500 p.a. Hussey married by licence on 10 April 1649, Elizabeth Brownlow, daughter of

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of Humby and had three sons and six daughters.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hussey, Charles 1626 births 1664 deaths Nobility from Lincolnshire Members of Gray's Inn English MPs 1656–1658 English MPs 1661–1679 Baronets in the Baronetage of England Commissioners for sewers