About James Dalton
Lived 1501 – 1601 (aged 99–100). James Dalton was a politician.
James Dalton (died 1601) was an English politician.
He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Saltash in 1563, 1571 and 1572, Lostwithiel in 1584 and 1586, and for Preston in 1593. He married Mary Rolle, a daughter of George Rolle (d. 1553), MP, of Stevenstone in Devon.
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· DBpedia: James Dalton (MP for Saltash)
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