Sir Charles Pym, 1st Baronet (ca. 1615 - 1671) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons

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  from 1641 to 1648 and in 1660. He served in the Parliamentary army in the English Civil War

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Pym was the son of John Pym

John Pym

John Pym was an English parliamentarian, leader of the Long Parliament and a prominent critic of James I and then Charles I.- Early life and education :...

 and his wife Anna Hooker or Hooke.

In 1641, Pym was elected Member of Parliament

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 for Bere Alston

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 in the Long Parliament

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 after the previous member was expelled. He served in the parliamentary army in the civil war, but was excluded from parliament under Pride's Purge

Pride's Purge

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 in 1648. He was created a baronet by Richard Cromwell.

In April 1660, Pym was elected MP for Minehead

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 and for Bossiney

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 in the Convention Parliament and chose to sit for Minehead.

Pym was confirmed in his baronetcy

Pym Baronets

The Pym Baronetcy, of Brymore in the County of Somerset, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 14 July 1663 for Charles Pym, previously Member of Parliament for Bere Alston. The title became extinct on the death of the second Baronet in 1688.-Pym Baronets, of Brymore :*Sir...

by Charles II on 14 July 1663.

Pym's only son Charles died in 1688 and the baronetcy became extinct.