Sir John Fitzjames was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons

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  variously between 1654 and 1670.

Fitzjames was the son of Leweston Fitzjames of Leweston, Dorset. He matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford

Magdalen College, Oxford

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 on 4 March 1636, aged 16.

In 1654 Fitzjames was elected Member of Parliament

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 for Dorset

Dorset (UK Parliament constituency)

Dorset was a county constituency covering Dorset in southern England, which elected two Members of Parliament , traditionally known as knights of the shire, to the House of Commons of England from 1290 until 1707, to the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and to the House of...

 in the First Protectorate Parliament

First Protectorate Parliament

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 and was re-elected MP for Dorset in 1656 for the Second Protectorate Parliament

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. In 1659, he was elected MP for Poole in the Third Protectorate Parliament

Third Protectorate Parliament

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 until his election was declared void on 23 March.

In April 1660 Fitzjames was elected MP for Dorset in the Convention Parliament. He was knighted on 9 July 1660. In 1661 he was re-elected MP for Poole in the Cavalier Parliament

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 and sat until his death in 1670.

Fitzjames was buried at Long Burton on 23 June 1670.

Fitzjames was the brother of Thomas Fitzjames

Thomas Fitzjames

Thomas Fitzjames was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659 and 1660.Fitzjames was the son of Leweston Fitzjames of Leweston, Dorset. He matriculated at Lincoln College, Oxford on 25 January 1639, aged 16...

 and Henry Fitzjames

Henry Fitzjames

Henry Fitzjames was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659 .Fitzjames was the son of Leweston Fitzjames of Leweston, Dorset. He matriculated at Lincoln College, Oxford on 4 March 1642, aged 15...

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