Sir George Courthorpe was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons

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  between 1656 and 1679.

Courthorpe was the son of George Courthorpe, of Ticehurst, Sussex. He matriculated at University College, Oxford

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 on 22 June 1632 aged 16, and was awarded BA on 8 May 1635.

In 1656, Courthorpe was elected Member of Parliament

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 for Sussex

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 in the Second Protectorate Parliament

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. In 1659 he was elected MP for East Grinstead

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 in the Third Protectorate Parliament

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. He was re-elected MP for East Grinstead in the Convention Parliament in 1660. In 1661, he was knighted at Windsor on 24 April and re-elected MP for East Grinstead in the Cavalier Parliament

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He sat until 1679.

Courthorpe died at the age of 69 and was buried at Ticehurst.