Ambrose Manaton

Ambrose Manaton (1648–1696) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1678 and 1696.

Manaton was the son of Ambrose Manaton of Trecarrell and his second wife Jane Mapowder, daughter of Narcissus Mapowder of Holsworthy Devon. He was admitted at Gray's Inn in 1666 and at Exeter College, Oxford in 1667.

In 1678 Manaton was elected Member of Parliament for Newport (Cornwall) and held the seat until 1681. He was also mayor of Tintagel from 1679 to 1680. In 1689 he was elected MP for Camelford. In 1695 he stood at both Camelford and Tavistock. He sat again for Camelford, but petitioned against his defeat at Tavistock. In March 1696 he was seated for Tavistock and then resigned from Camelford.