Francis Warner was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons

House of Commons of England

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  in 1659.

Warner was a city of London merchant and a member of the Worshipful Company of Leathersellers

Worshipful Company of Leathersellers

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. On 25 February 1658 he was elected an alderman of the city of London for the Bridge ward. He was master of the Leathersellers Company for 1658 to 1659. In 1659 he was Sheriff of London, and was President of St. Thomas' Hospital from 1659 to 1660.

In 1659, Warner was elected Member of Parliament

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 for Tiverton

Tiverton (UK Parliament constituency)

Tiverton was a constituency located in east Devon, formerly represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Enfranchised as a parliamentary borough in 1615 and first represented in 1621, it elected two Members of Parliament by the first past the post system of election...

 in the Third Protectorate Parliament

Third Protectorate Parliament

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