Laurence Singleton

Laurence Singleton was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659.

Singleton may have been the brother of William Singleton MP for Gloucester in 1640 and hence son of Thomas Singleton, merchant of London and Gloucester. He was Sheriff of Gloucester in 1634.[1] He was elected as an alderman in 1643[2] and served as mayor of Gloucester in 1645.[1]

In 1659, Singleton was elected Member of Parliament for Gloucester in the Third Protectorate Parliament.[3] He was appointed a militia commissioner for Gloucester on 9 August 1659.[1] He was removed from the city council in 1662.[2]

Singleton married Joan Robinson, daughter of Alderman Anthony Robinson.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d William R Williams Parliamentary History of the County of Gloucester
  2. ^ a b VCH Gloucestershire Volume 4: The City of Gloucester. 1988. p. 377.
  3. ^ Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 229–239.
Parliament of England
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Gloucester
1659
With: James Stephens 		Succeeded by