John Hildesley was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons

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  at various times between 1653 and 1660.

In 1653, Hildesley was nominated to represent Hampshire

Hampshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Hampshire was a county constituency of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which returned two Knights of the Shire to the House of Commons from 1295 until 1832...

 in the Barebones Parliament

Barebones Parliament

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 . He was elected Member of Parliament

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 for Winchester in the First Protectorate Parliament

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, and was re-elected MP for Winchester in 1656 for the Second Protectorate Parliament

Second Protectorate Parliament

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 and in 1659 for the Third Protectorate Parliament

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In 1660, Hildesley was elected Member of Parliament

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 for Christchurch

Christchurch (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in the Convention Parliament.

Hildesley married Margaret Tulse, widow of Henry Tulse

Henry Tulse (died 1642)

Henry Tulse was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1640 and 1642.Tulse was the son of William Tulse who acquired three manors near Christchurch in 1603. In 1640, Tulse leased Christchurch Parsonage from the Dean and Chapter of Winchester.In April 1640, Tulse was elected...

 of Hinton Admiral

Hinton Admiral

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. He was stepfather to Henry Tulse

Henry Tulse (died 1697)

Henry Tulse was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1659 and 1679.Tulse was the son of Henry Tulse of Hinton Admiral and his wife Margaret. His father died in 1642 and his mother subsequently married John Hildesley. He entered Wadham College, Oxford in 1653...

who was MP for Christchurch with him in 1660.