Roger Bosworth
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Roger Bosworth also Robert (ca. 16071660) was an English physician and politician who sat in the House of Commons
from 1659 to 1660.
Bosworth was from a lesser gentry family of Woolhope, Herefordshire. He studied medicine at Brasenose College, Oxford
and was made Doctor Regio Beneficio on 31 January 1643 and created D.Med. on 4 March. 1643. He practiced medicine in Hereford
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In 1659, Bosworth was elected Member of Parliament
for Hereford
in the Third Protectorate Parliament
.He was re-elected MP for Hereford in April 1660 for the Convention Parliament.
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 1659 to 1660.
Bosworth was from a lesser gentry family of Woolhope, Herefordshire. He studied medicine at Brasenose College, Oxford
Brasenose College, Oxford
Brasenose College, originally Brazen Nose College , is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. As of 2006, it has an estimated financial endowment of £98m...
and was made Doctor Regio Beneficio on 31 January 1643 and created D.Med. on 4 March. 1643. He practiced medicine in Hereford
Hereford
Hereford is a cathedral city, civil parish and county town of Herefordshire, England. It lies on the River Wye, approximately east of the border with Wales, southwest of Worcester, and northwest of Gloucester...
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In 1659, Bosworth 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,...
for Hereford
Hereford (UK Parliament constituency)
Hereford was, until 2010, a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Since 1918, it had elected one Member of Parliament by the first-past-the-post voting system....
in the Third Protectorate Parliament
Third Protectorate Parliament
The Third Protectorate Parliament sat for one session, from 27 January 1659 until 22 April 1659, with Chaloner Chute and Thomas Bampfylde as the Speakers of the House of Commons...
.He was re-elected MP for Hereford in April 1660 for the Convention Parliament.