Geoffrey Gates (British MP)

Geoffrey Gates (c.1550 Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk - ?) was a Puritan MP for various Cornish constituencies.^[1] He represented St Mawes constituency, West Looe constituency and Camelford constituency. He was elected to St Mawes in the 1572 United Kingdom general election, to West Looe in 1584 and to Camelford in 1586.^[2]

Gates also wrote a treatise called The Defence of Militarie Profession.^[1][2]

References

• Cornwall portal

1. Andrew Cunningham; Ole Peter Grell (2000). The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Religion, War, Famine and Death in Reformation Europe. Cambridge University Press. pp. 165–166. ISBN 9780521461351. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
2. "GATES, Geoffrey (b.c.1550), of Bury St. Edmunds, Suff". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 16 March 2020.

Parliament of England
Preceded by William Fleetwood Israel Amice	Member of Parliament for St Mawes 1572–1581 With: Rowland Hind	Succeeded by William Onslow Christopher Southouse
Preceded by John Audley William Hammond	Member of Parliament for West Looe 1584–1585 With: Thomas Lancaster	Succeeded by John Hammond Richard Champernowne
Preceded by Emmanuel Chamond Richard Trefusis	Member of Parliament for Camelford 1586–1587 With: Richard Trefusis	Succeeded by Arthur Gorges Richard Trefusis