Sir Maurice Abbot (1565–1642) was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons

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 between 1621 and 1626. He was Lord Mayor of London

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 in 1638.

Abbot was the son of Maurice Abbot a cloth-worker of Guildford who died in 1606, and was the youngest brother of Archbishop George Abbot. He was an original member of the East India Company. He was involved in the settling of the colony in Virginia

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 in 1624.

In 1621, Abbot was elected Member of Parliament

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 for Hull

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. He was chosen as a replacement for another member at Hull in 1624 and was re-elected for the seat in 1625. In 1626 he was elected MP for City of London

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. He was appointed a Sheriff of London in 1628. He was appointed governor of the East India Company in 1633 , and elected Lord Mayor of London in 1638.