John Hales (MP for New Shoreham)
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John Hales was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons
from 1679 to 1685.
Hales was elected Member of Parliament
(MP) for New Shoreham
in 1679 and held the seat to 1685.
Hales died in October 1723, aged 75. His brother Edward Hales was on the Admiralty commission, and his cousin Edward Hales was MP for Hythe.
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 1679 to 1685.
Hales was elected Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(MP) for New Shoreham
New Shoreham (UK Parliament constituency)
New Shoreham, sometimes simply called Shoreham, was a parliamentary borough centred on the town of Shoreham-by-Sea in what is now West Sussex...
in 1679 and held the seat to 1685.
Hales died in October 1723, aged 75. His brother Edward Hales was on the Admiralty commission, and his cousin Edward Hales was MP for Hythe.