Edward Grosvenor
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Edward Grosvenor was an English soldier and politician who sat in the House of Commons
House of Commons of England
The House of Commons of England was the lower house of the Parliament of England from its development in the 14th century to the union of England and Scotland in 1707, when it was replaced by the House of Commons of Great Britain...

 from 1656 to 1659. He served in the Parliamentary army in the English Civil War
English Civil War
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Grosvenor was quartermaster-general in the Parliamentary army. He was created MA at Oxford University on 19 May 1649. In 1656, he was elected Member of Parliament
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 for Middlesex
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 in the Second Protectorate Parliament
Second Protectorate Parliament
The Second Protectorate Parliament in England sat for two sessions from 17 September 1656 until 4 February 1658, with Thomas Widdrington as the Speaker of the House of Commons...

. He was re-elected MP for Middlesex in 1659 for the Third Protectorate Parliament
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