About Alexander Bence
Born 1590. Alexander Bence was a businessperson and politician.
Alexander Bence (born ca. 1590) was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England from 1640 to 1648 and in 1654. He supported the Parliamentarian side in the English Civil War.
Biography Bence was the son of Alexander Bence and his wife Marie Squier daughter of Thomas Squier.
In November 1640, Bence was elected Member of Parliament for Aldeburgh in the Long Parliament and sat until he was excluded under Pride's Purge. In 1642 he was appointed by parliament as one of the Commissioners for the Affairs of (His Majesty's) Navy, the King having prevented all his principal officers of the navy from performing their duties. Bence was a member of the Worshipful Company of Grocers in the City of London and became an Alderman for Walbrook ward in May, 1653. In 1654 he was elected MP for Suffolk in the First Protectorate Parliament. Bence's brother Squire Bence was also MP for Aldeburgh during the Long Parliament.
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English politician
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Alexander Bence was born in 1590.
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Alexander Bence was a businessperson and politician.
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