Roger North (died 1651)

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Sir Roger North (18 February 1577 – 17 June 1651) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1648.

North was the son of Sir Henry North of Mildenhall, Suffolk and his wife, Mary Knevit, daughter of Richard Knevit,[https://books.google.com/books?id=K1kBAAAAQAAJ&dq=%22Sir+Roger+North%22+Mildenhall&pg=PA390 John Burke, John Bernard Burke A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies] the grandson of Sir William Knyvett (d. 1515{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8JcbV309c5UC&dq=Sir+William+Knyvett+died+2+December+1515+in+Wymondham%2C+Norfolk&pg=RA1-PA319 |title=Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, 2011 |publisher=Douglas Richardson |isbn=978-1-4610-4520-5 |page=319 |language=en}}). He was knighted on 16 June 1618.[https://archive.org/stream/knightsofengland02shawuoft#page/n177/mode/2up Knights of England]

In 1621, North was elected Member of Parliament for Eye. He was then elected MP for Suffolk in 1624. In 1625, he was re-elected for Eye and retained the seat in the 1626 and 1628 elections. He sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.{{Cite Notitia Parliamentaria|converted=1|part=2|pages=229–239}}

In April 1640, North was re-elected MP for Eye in the Short Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Eye in the Long Parliament in November 1640 and sat until 1648 when he was excluded under Pride's Purge. North died at the age of 74 on

17 June 1651.