George Garrett (MP)

Sir George Garrett (died 30 November 1648) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640.

Garrett was secretary to Miles Fleetwood.[1] In April 1640, he was elected Member of Parliament for Hindon in the Short Parliament.[2]

Garrett was a member of the Worshipful Company of Drapers. He was elected Alderman of the City of London for Castle Baynard ward on 15 April 1641. He was Sheriff of London and Master of the Drapers Company from 1641 to 1642. He was knighted on 3 December 1641.[3]

References
  1. 'Parliamentary history : 1629-1660', A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 5 (1957), pp. 132-154. Date accessed: 18 July 2011
  2. 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.
  3. 'Chronological list of aldermen: 1601-1650', The Aldermen of the City of London: Temp. Henry III - 1912 (1908), pp. 47-75.Date accessed: 16 July 2011


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