Charles Sergison
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Charles Sergison was an English Royal Navy
administrator and politician who sat in the House of Commons
from 1698 to 1702.
Sergison became a clerk in one of the Royal Naval dockyards in 1671 and by 1685 was a principal officer and commissioner of the Royal Navy. In 1693 he occupied Cuckfield Place in Sussex which he later purchased from the Bowyer family. He lived at Cuckfield Place until his death
In 1698, Sergison was elected Member of Parliament
(MP) for New Shoreham
. He held the seat until 1702.
Sergison continued to work in the Admiralty as Clerk of the Accounts until his retirement in 1719. He built a large collection of papers relating to Admiralty orders to the Navy Board between 1603 and 1717. These papers have subsequently been published.
Sergison died at Cuckfield aged 77 and was buried at Holy Trinity Church.
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
administrator and politician who sat in the House of Commons
House of Commons of England
The House of Commons of England was the lower house of the Parliament of England from its development in the 14th century to the union of England and Scotland in 1707, when it was replaced by the House of Commons of Great Britain...
from 1698 to 1702.
Sergison became a clerk in one of the Royal Naval dockyards in 1671 and by 1685 was a principal officer and commissioner of the Royal Navy. In 1693 he occupied Cuckfield Place in Sussex which he later purchased from the Bowyer family. He lived at Cuckfield Place until his death
In 1698, Sergison was elected Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(MP) for New Shoreham
New Shoreham (UK Parliament constituency)
New Shoreham, sometimes simply called Shoreham, was a parliamentary borough centred on the town of Shoreham-by-Sea in what is now West Sussex...
. He held the seat until 1702.
Sergison continued to work in the Admiralty as Clerk of the Accounts until his retirement in 1719. He built a large collection of papers relating to Admiralty orders to the Navy Board between 1603 and 1717. These papers have subsequently been published.
Sergison died at Cuckfield aged 77 and was buried at Holy Trinity Church.