Giles Hungerford was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons

House of Commons of England

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  between 1660 and 1685.

Hungerford was the son of Anthony Hungerford

Anthony Hungerford of Black Bourton

Sir Anthony Hungerford of Black Bourton , was a religious controversialist. He was knighted in 1608, and was deputy lieutenant of Wiltshire until 1624, when he resigned the office in favour of his eldest son Sir Edward.-Biography:...

 of Black Bourton

Black Bourton

Black Bourton is a village and civil parish about south of Carterton, Oxfordshire. The village is on Black Bourton Brook, a tributary of the River Thames.-Churches:...

, Oxfordshire. He subscribed at Cambridge University on 11 November 1631 and was called to the bar at Middle Temple

Middle Temple

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 in 1641.

In 1660, Hungerford was elected Member of Parliament

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 for Whitchurch

Whitchurch (UK Parliament constituency)

Whitchurch was a parliamentary borough in the English County of Hampshire, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1586 until 1832, when the borough was abolished by the Great Reform Act.-History:...

 in the Convention Parliament.He was re-elected MP for Whitchurch in 1661 for the Cavalier Parliament

Cavalier Parliament

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 and sat until 1679. He was knighted on 27 November 1676. In 1679 he was elected MP for Devizes

Devizes (UK Parliament constituency)

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  and sat until his death in 1685.

Hungerford died at the age of 70 and has a memorial in Salisbury cathedral.

Hungerford was the brother of Anthony

Anthony Hungerford (Royalist)

Anthony Hungerford of Black Bourton , was an English Member of Parliament who supported the Royalist cause during the English Civil War.-Biography:...

 and half brother of Edward who were on opposite sides in the English Civil War

English Civil War

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.