Sir Vincent Skinner was an English politician, who sat in parliament for numerous constituencies.

The son of John Skinner of Thorpe-by-Wainfleet, Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire

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, he matriculated at Trinity College, Cambridge

Trinity College, Cambridge

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 in 1557, graduating B.A. in 1561 and M.A. in 1564.

He was a Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Truro in 1571. Subsequently he sat for Barnstaple

Barnstaple (UK Parliament constituency)

Barnstaple was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Barnstaple in Devon, in the South West of England. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1885, when its representation was reduced to one member.The constituency...

 in 1572, Boston

Boston (UK Parliament constituency)

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 three times from 1584; for Boroughbridge

Boroughbridge (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in 1592; for St Ives

St Ives (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in 1597 and for Preston

Preston (UK Parliament constituency)

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in 1604. He was knighted in 1603.