Robert Austen (3 August 1642 – 22 August 1696) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1666 and 1696.
Austen was the son of Sir Robert Austen, 1st Baronet and his second wife. He was educated at Gray's Inn and was a colonel in the militia.
Austen was elected Member of Parliament for Winchelsea on 4 October 1666 and held the seat until 1681. In 1668 he was deputy mayor of Winchelsea and speaker of the Cinque Ports at the Guestling court.
Austen regained his seat at Winchelsea on 17 January 1689 and held it until his death aged 54 in 1696. He was Lord of the Admiralty and Commissioner for public accounts from 1691 and a Commissioner for Greenwich Hospital from 1695.
Austen married Judith Freke, daughter of Ralph Freke of Hannington Wiltshire in September 1669.
References
- ^ Hayton, D.; Cruickshanks, E.; Handley, S. (2002). The House of Commons, 1690–1715. History of Parliament. Vol. 2. Cambridge University Press. p. 90. ISBN 978-0-521-77221-1.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 4)
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| Preceded bySir Nicholas Crisp, Bt Francis Finch |
Member of Parliament for Winchelsea 1666–1681 With: Francis Finch 1661–1678 Sir John Banks, Bt 1678 Cresheld Draper 1678–1689 |
Succeeded bySir Stephen Lennard, Bt Cresheld Draper |
| Preceded byThe Earl of Middleton Cresheld Draper |
Member of Parliament for Winchelsea 1689–1696 With: Samuel Western |
Succeeded bySamuel Western Sir George Chute. Bt |
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