Nicholas Delves

Nicholas Delves (2 December 1618 – 3 November 1690) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659 and 1660.

Delves was the son of Thomas Delves, a grazier of Hollington, Sussex.[1] In 1635, he was apprenticed to a Merchant Taylor of London and himself became a merchant of London and a member of the Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors.[2] His brother Thomas Delves was a Baron of Dover[3] and returning officer for the port.[3] In 1659, Delves was elected Member of Parliament for Hastings in the Third Protectorate Parliament.[1]

In 1660, Delves was re-elected MP for Hastings in the Convention Parliament.[1] He was sworn as an Alderman of the City of London for Vintry Ward on 2 April 1661 but was discharged on 13 June 1661 for a fine of £420.[4] He was Master of the Merchant Taylors in 1662 and 1663[2] and was one of the wardens of Merchant Taylors' School.[5] In 1664 he brought Titus Oates to Merchant Taylors' School as a free Scholar.[6] He was Deputy-Governor of the Irish Society in 1668-9.[2]

Delves died at the age of 71

  1. ^ a b c History of Parliament Online - Delves Nicholas
  2. ^ a b c 'Chronological list of aldermen: 1651-1700', The Aldermen of the City of London: Temp. Henry III - 1912 (1908), pp. 75-119. Date accessed: 13 April 2011
  3. ^ a b The gentleman's magazine, and historical chronicle, Volume 56, Part 2
  4. ^ 'Aldermen of the City of London: Vintry ward', The Aldermen of the City of London: Temp. Henry III - 1912 (1908), pp. 205-215. Date accessed: 13 April 2011
  5. ^ Harry Bristow Wilson The history of Merchant-Taylors School, from its foundation to the ..., Volume 1
  6. ^ History of Merchant Taylors School Archived 14 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine