John Blackmore

For the New Zealand cricketer, see John Blackmore (cricketer). For the leader of the Social Credit Party of Canada, see John Horne Blackmore.

John Blackmore was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1654.

Blackmore was the son of John Blackmore of Exeter, Devon. He matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford on 12 December 1634, aged 18. He was awarded BA on 16 January 1640 and MA on 19 May 1649 when he was a major in the army.[1]

In 1654, Blackmore was elected Member of Parliament for Tiverton in the First Protectorate Parliament, but the election was declared void. He sat instead for the combined seat of East Looe and West Looe.[2]

Blackmore is said to have been knighted by Oliver Cromwell. He was Sheriff of Devon in 1657[1] or 1658.[3]

  1. ^ a b 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Bennell-Bloye', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp. 106–141. Date accessed: 7 August 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. ^ Hughes, A. (1898). List of Sheriffs for England and Wales from the Earliest Times to A.D. 1831 (with amendments of 1963, Public Record Office). London: Eyre & Spottiswoode. p. 37.