John Feilder

John Feilder was an English politician who sat as a royal independent during the Rump Parliament, where he has been described as "one of the most conservative influences".[1]

The Honourable
John Feilder
MP
Member of Parliament for St. Ives
In office
1659–1659
Preceded byJohn St Aubyn
Succeeded byJames Praed
Governor of Portsmouth
In office
1649–1649
Preceded byGeorge Goring, 1st Earl of Norwich
Succeeded byJohn Desborough
Member of Parliament for St. Ives
In office
1647 – December 1648
Preceded bySeat unrepresented
Succeeded byJames Praed
High Sheriff of Hampshire
In office
1642–1643
Preceded bySir Hugh Stewkley
Succeeded byWilliam Kingsmill
Personal details
BornKingston, London
Alma materSt Edmund Hall, Oxford

After attending Oxford University he joined the army, becoming a colonel and captain of foot, and captain of a troop of horse during the English Civil War, when he was initially commander of Farnham Castle[2] and thereafter commanded the forces of Surrey.[3] In 1649 he briefly served as Governor of Portsmouth .

He entered politics after marrying the sister of Sir John Trevor, a fellow Cornish MP. He was High Sheriff of Hampshire for 1642 and then returned as Member of Parliament for St Ives, Cornwall for 1647–1653 and again in 1659.

The family lived at Horkesley Hall, in Essex, and Heyshott Manor, in West Sussex.

References
  1. 'The Rump Parliament 1648-53', Blair Worden, Cambridge University Press, p. 62
  2. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33288&strquery=feilder#s20 Journal of the House of Lords: volume 7: 1644 (1767–1830), pp. 325-327
  3. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33434&strquery=feilder#s8 Journal of the House of Lords: volume 7: 1644 (1767–1830), pp. 669–671
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