George Abbotts
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George Abbotts or Abbot was an English 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...

  between 1640 and 1645.

Abbotts was born in Middlesex, the son of Sir Maurice Abbot(ts)
Maurice Abbot
Sir Maurice Abbot was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1621 and 1626. He was Lord Mayor of London in 1638....

. He matriculated at Balliol College, Oxford
Balliol College, Oxford
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 on 15 October 1619, aged 17 and was awarded BA on 28 February 1622. In 1622 he became a fellow of Merton College, Oxford
Merton College, Oxford
Merton College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Its foundation can be traced back to the 1260s when Walter de Merton, chancellor to Henry III and later to Edward I, first drew up statutes for an independent academic community and established endowments to...

 and was awarded MA on 20 May 1625. He was incorporated at Cambridge University in 1627 and was awarded B.C.L. on 16 November 1630.

In April 1640, Abbotts was elected Member of Parliament
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 for Guildford
Guildford (UK Parliament constituency)
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 in the Short Parliament
Short Parliament
The Short Parliament was a Parliament of England that sat from 13 April to 5 May 1640 during the reign of King Charles I of England, so called because it lasted only three weeks....

 as a Parliamentarian. He was re-elected MP for Guildford in the Long Parliament
Long Parliament
The Long Parliament was made on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars. It received its name from the fact that through an Act of Parliament, it could only be dissolved with the agreement of the members, and those members did not agree to its dissolution until after the English Civil War and...

in November 1640 and sat until his death. In July 1641 he wanted to resign his seat, but his request was not granted.
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