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Robert Johnson

1537 – 1622

English politician (15__-1622)

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About Robert Johnson

Lived 1537 – 1622 (aged 84–85). Robert Johnson was a politician.

Sir Robert Johnson (c.1537 – 1622) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1597 to 1614.

He was the eldest son of William Johnson of Crawley, Buckinghamshire.

He was a surveyor and succeeded to the properties at Crawley on the death of his father in 1558. He was Keeper of Gawle, Forest of Dean in 1591. In 1597, he was elected Member of Parliament for Monmouth Boroughs where he was named to committees on weights and measures and pawnbrokers. He was re-elected MP for Monmouth in 1601 and took a strong line in parliament then on temperance issues. He proposed, for example, on 3 November that innkeepers who failed to restrain habitual drinkers should suffer corporal punishment.

In 1602 he was Clerk of Deliveries of the Ordnance and was knighted on 10 July 1604. In 1604 and again in 1614 he was re-elected MP for Monmouth.

He died in the first half of 1622. He had married Marion who died in 1585 and had three sons.

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Important facts

Born
1537
Birth century
Died
1622
Occupation
Nationality
English people
Positions held
Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, Member of the 1597-98 Parliament, Member of the 1601 Parliament, Member of the 1604-11 Parliament

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Robert Johnson's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Robert Johnson?

English politician (15__-1622)

When was Robert Johnson born?

Robert Johnson was born in 1537.

When did Robert Johnson die?

Robert Johnson died in 1622.

What was Robert Johnson's occupation?

Robert Johnson was a politician.

What nationality was Robert Johnson?

Robert Johnson's recorded nationality: English people.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Robert Johnson

· Wikidata: Q7346144

· DBpedia: Robert Johnson (English politician)

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