Talbot Badger
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Talbot Badger was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons
in 1654.
Badger was the son of John Badger, of Poole House, Hanley, Worcestershire
. He matriculated at Lincoln College, Oxford
on 5 April 1639, aged 17. In 1654, he was elected Member of Parliament
for Worcestershire
in the First Protectorate Parliament
. He was appointed an assessment commissioner in 1656. It was said of Badger that "By his holy and humble life he exercised much influence for good on his neighbours".
Badger had a daughter Jane who married Anthony Young, of Hanley, to whom she brought Poole House. Badger may have been the brother of Roland Badger of Hanley Castle, who complained in 1655 of his "sequestration for Recusancy on a bare suspicion, having lived quietly all the late troubles."
House of Commons of England
The House of Commons of England was the lower house of the Parliament of England from its development in the 14th century to the union of England and Scotland in 1707, when it was replaced by the House of Commons of Great Britain...
in 1654.
Badger was the son of John Badger, of Poole House, Hanley, Worcestershire
Hanley, Worcestershire
Hanley is a civil parish in the district of Malvern Hills in the county of Worcestershire, England....
. He matriculated at Lincoln College, Oxford
Lincoln College, Oxford
Lincoln College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It is situated on Turl Street in central Oxford, backing onto Brasenose College and adjacent to Exeter College...
on 5 April 1639, aged 17. In 1654, he was elected Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for Worcestershire
Worcestershire (UK Parliament constituency)
Worcestershire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented until 1832 by two Members of Parliament, traditionally referred...
in the First Protectorate Parliament
First Protectorate Parliament
The First Protectorate Parliament was summoned by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell under the terms of the Instrument of Government. It sat for one term from 3 September 1654 until 22 January 1655 with William Lenthall as the Speaker of the House....
. He was appointed an assessment commissioner in 1656. It was said of Badger that "By his holy and humble life he exercised much influence for good on his neighbours".
Badger had a daughter Jane who married Anthony Young, of Hanley, to whom she brought Poole House. Badger may have been the brother of Roland Badger of Hanley Castle, who complained in 1655 of his "sequestration for Recusancy on a bare suspicion, having lived quietly all the late troubles."