William Singleton (politician)

William Singleton was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640. He fought briefly on the side of the Parliamentarians in the English Civil War.

Singleton may have been the son of Thomas Singleton, merchant of London and Gloucester. He was a draper.^[1] He was Sheriff of Gloucester in 1618.^[2] He was elected as an alderman in 1635 ^[1] and became Mayor of Gloucester in 1637.^[2]

In April 1640, Singleton was elected Member of Parliament for Gloucester in the Short Parliament.^[3] He was a captain in the regiment of Colonel Henry Stephens in the defence of Goucester in 1643. He was Mayor of Gloucester again in 1651.^[2]

Singleton married Martha Lane, daughter of William Lane of Gloucester at St Nicholas Church on 21 June 1624.^[2]

References

1. VCH Gloucestershire Volume 4: The City of Gloucester. 1988. p. 377.
2. W R Williams Parliamentary History of the County of Gloucester
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
Parliament suspended since 1629	Member of Parliament for Gloucester 1640 With: Henry Brett	Succeeded by Thomas Pury Henry Brett