Robert Brewster was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons

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 at various times between 1645 and 1659. He was a general in the Parliamentary army in the English Civil War

English Civil War

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Brewster was the son of Francis Brewster, of Wrentham Hall, Suffolk. He matriculated from Pembroke College, Cambridge

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 at Easter, 1617. He became a general on the parliamentary army. In 1645, he was elected Member of Parliament

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 for Dunwich

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 as a recruiter to theLong Parliament

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. He survived Pride's Purge

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 and sat until 1653. In 1654 he was elected MP for Dunwich again in the First Protectorate Parliament

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. He was elected MP for Suffolk

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 in 1656. In 1659 he was elected MP for Dunwich again.

Brewster's son Francis

Francis Brewster (MP)

Francis Brewster was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1653 and 1656.Brewster was the son of Robert Brewster of Wrentham, Suffolk. He matriculated from St Catherine's College, Cambridge at Easter 1642 and was admitted at Gray's Inn on 26 May 1646. In 1653, he was nominated...

was also MP for Dunwich and Suffolk.