John Waddon (Parliamentarian)

John Waddon (born January 1591) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England from 1640 to 1648. He supported the Parliamentarian side in the English Civil War.

Waddon was the son of John Waddon of Plymouth and his wife Alice. He was at Exeter College, Oxford and was awarded BA in 1609 and MA in 1612.^[1] In 1631 he was Mayor of Plymouth.^[2]

In April 1640, Waddon was elected Member of Parliament for Plymouth for the Short Parliament. He was re-elected in November 1640 for the Long Parliament and sat until 1648 when he was excluded under Pride's Purge.^[3]

Waddon married Prudence Fownes daughter of Thomas Fownes of Plymouth in 1613.^[1]

References

1. Joseph J. Howard, Frederick A. Crisp Visitation of England and Wales Notes
2. "Plymouth City Council - List of Mayors 1600-1700". Archived from the original on 30 December 2010. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
3. Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 229–239.

Parliament of England
Vacant Parliament suspended since 1629	Member of Parliament for Plymouth 1640–1648 With: Robert Trelawney 1640–1642 Sir John Yonge, 1st Baronet 1642–1648	Not represented in Rump Parliament