Robert Packer was an English

English people

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 politician who sat in the House of Commons

House of Commons of England

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  in two periods between 1646 and 1679, as well as being Usher of the Exchequer.

Packer was the son of the Clerk of the Privy Seal, John Packer of Shellingford

Shellingford

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 Manor in Berkshire

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 (now Oxfordshire

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) and his wife, Philippa, the daughter of Francis Mills of Bitterne

Bitterne

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 in Hampshire

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.

In 1646, he was elected Member of Parliament

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 for Wallingford

Wallingford (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in the Long Parliament

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. He was excluded in 1648 under Pride's Purge

Pride's Purge

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. In 1660, Packer was elected again as MP for Wallingford in the Convention Parliament. He was re-elected in 1661 for the Cavalier Parliament

Cavalier Parliament

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 and sat until 1679.

Packer married Temperance Stephens daughter of Col. Edward Stephens

Edward Stephens (MP)

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 of Little Sodbury

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 in Gloucestershire

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, by whom he had at least four children. He inherited Shellingford from his father in 1649 and died on 25 February 1682, at the age of 67, being buried in Shellingford Church.