Ralph Weldon

Ralph Weldon (baptised 1606 – 1676) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1654 to 1656. He fought in the Parliamentary army in the English Civil War.[1]

Weldon was the son of Sir Anthony Weldon of Swanscombe, Kent. He was admitted at Jesus College, Cambridge on 24 November 1620. He became a commander in the Parliamentary Army at Taunton, Somerset, and took part in the siege of Bristol in 1645. He gave up his command to become Governor of Plymouth in 1645.[2]

In 1654, Weldon was elected Member of Parliament for Kent in the First Protectorate Parliament and was re-elected MP for Kent in 1656 for the Second Protectorate Parliament.[3]

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Parliament of England
Preceded by
Sir John Colepeper
Augustine Skinner
Member of Parliament for Kent
1645-1648
With: Augustine Skinner
Succeeded by
Augustine Skinner
Preceded by
Viscount Lisle
Thomas Blount
William Kenrick
William Cullen
Andrew Broughton
Member of Parliament for Kent
1654-1656
With: Lieutenant Colonel Henry Oxenden 1654-1656
William James 1654-1656
Colonel John Dixwell 1654-1656
Lambert Godfrey 1654-1656
Colonel Richard Beal 1654-1656
John Selliard 1654-1656
John Boys 1654-1656
Daniel Shatterden 1654-1656
Augustine Skinner 1654
Sir Henry Vane (senior) 1654
William James 1656
Richard Meredith 1656
Succeeded by
Sir Thomas Style, 2nd Baronet
William James
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