James Dewey
English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1656 to 1659
About James Dewey
James Dewey was a lawyer and politician.
James Dewey was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1656 to 1659.
Dewey was the son and heir of James Dewey of Christchurch, Hampshire. He matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford on 20 November 1651 and was called to the bar at Middle Temple in 1656. In 1656, he was elected Member of Parliament for Dorset in the Second Protectorate Parliament. He was elected MP for Wareham in 1659 for the Third Protectorate Parliament.
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