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

House of Commons of England

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  at various times between 1625 and 1641.

Upton was born at Lupton, Devon, the son of Arthur Upton and his wife Gertrude Fortescue daughter of Hugh Fortescue of Filleigh. In 1625, he was elected Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Dartmouth

Dartmouth (UK Parliament constituency)

Dartmouth, also at some times called Clifton, Dartmouth and Hardness, was a parliamentary borough in Devon which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons in 1298 and to the Commons of England, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom from 1351 until 1832, and then one member from...

. He was re-elected MP for Dartmouth in 1626 and 1628 and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.

In April 1640, Upton was re-elected MP for Dartmouth in the Short Parliament

Short Parliament

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. He was re-elected for the Long Parliament

Long Parliament

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 in November 1640, but died the following year.

Upton married Dorothy Rous, daughter of Sir Anthony Rous

Anthony Rous

Anthony Rous was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1653 and 1660. He was an officer in the Parliamentary army in the English Civil War....

. His grandson John Upton was also MP for Dartmouth.