Robert Markland

Robert Markland was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659.

Markland was from a Wigan family which was long present in the borough and possessed considerable local influence. He was a manufacturer or mercer.^[1]

In 1659, Markland was elected Member of Parliament for Wigan in the Third Protectorate Parliament.^[2]

References

^ William Duncombe Pink, Alfred B. Beaven The parliamentary representation of Lancashire, (county and borough), 1258-1885, with biographical and genealogical notices of the members, &c. (1889)
^ 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.

Parliament of England
Preceded by Not represented in Second Protectorate Parliament	Member of Parliament for Wigan 1659 With: Hugh Forth	Succeeded by Not represented in Restored Rump

[1] William Duncombe Pink, Alfred B. Beaven The parliamentary representation of Lancashire, (county and borough), 1258-1885, with biographical and genealogical notices of the members, &c. (1889)

[Willis-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.

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