About John Gayer
Lived 1532 – 1571 (aged 38–39). John Gayer was an English politician.
John Gayer (by 1532 – 1571 or later), of St Mawes and Trenbrace in St Keverne, Cornwall, was an English lawyer and politician.
He was a member (MP) of the parliament of England for Liskeard in March 1553, for Newport, Cornwall in October 1553, for Penryn in 1559 and for Helston in 1571.
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John Gayer was born in 1532.
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John Gayer died in 1571.
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