2011-05-02

James Stephens (MP)

James Stephens (MP)

James Stephens was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1656 and 1660.

In November 1656, Stephens was returned as Member of Parliament for Gloucester in the Third Protectorate Parliament when the elected candidate John Desborough chose to represent Somerset. Stephens was re-elected MP for Gloucester in 1659 in the Third Protectorate Parliament. He was appointed captain of the militia regiment of foot in Gloucester on 5 April 1660. He was also elected MP for Gloucester in the Convention Parliament in April 1660. He was senior alderman in 1671.

Stephens died in 1684 and was buried in St Nicholas' Church on 9 November 1684.

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