Henry Porter (born ca. 1613) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1654 and 1656.
Porter was the eldest son of James Porter of Lancaster.[1] He was a major in the service of the commonwealth. In 1654, he was elected Member of Parliament for Lancaster in the First Protectorate Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Lancaster in 1656 to the Second Protectorate Parliament[2]
Porter was given as aged 52 in 1665.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c William Pink The parliamentary representation of Lancashire, (county and borough), 1258-1885, with biographical and genealogical notices of the members
- ^ 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.