Sir Charles Pym, 1st Baronet (c. 1615 – 1671) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1641 to 1648 and in 1660. He served in the Parliamentary army in the English Civil War.
Pym was the son of John Pym and his wife, Anna Hooker (or Hooke). In 1641, Pym was elected Member of Parliament for Bere Alston in the Long Parliament 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 in 1648. He was created a baronet by Richard Cromwell.
In April 1660, Pym was elected MP for Minehead and for Bossiney in the Convention Parliament and chose to sit for Minehead.
Pym was confirmed in his baronetcy by Charles II on 14 July 1663.
Pym's only son, Charles, died in 1688 without a male heir; the baronetcy became extinct.
References
- ^ Dictionary of National Biography
- ^ Pym, Charles, historyofparliamentonline.org. Accessed 8 January 2023.
- The parliamentary or constitutional history of England;: being a faithful account of all the most remarkable transactions in Parliament, from the earliest times. Collected from the journals of both Houses, the records, ..., Volume 9
| Parliament of England | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded byWilliam Strode Hugh Pollard |
Member of Parliament for Bere Alston 1641–1648 With: William Strode 1641–1646 Sir Francis Drake, Bt 1646–1648 |
Succeeded byNot represented in Rump Parliament |
| Baronetage of England | ||
| New creation | Baronet (of Brymore) 1663–1671 |
Succeeded byCharles Pym |