Sir Simon Weston was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons

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 between 1624 and 1626.

Weston was the son of James Weston, diocesan registrar and a Lichfield MP, and his wife Margery Lowe daughter of Humphrey Lowe of Lichfield. The Westons, father and son, lived at St John's Hospital

Hospital of St John Baptist without the Barrs, Lichfield

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 in Lichfield. Weston was High Sheriff of Staffordshire

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  in 1610. He was nominated recorder of Lichfield in the 1622 charter for Lichfield.

In 1624, Weston was elected Member of Parliament

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 for Lichfield

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. In 1625 he was elected MP for Staffordshire

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 and was re-elected in 1626.

Weston married Mary Lloyd daughter of John Lloyd of Carnavon. His daughter Elizabeth married Robert Ridgeway, 2nd Earl of Londonderry

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