Brampton Gurdon of Letton

Brampton Gurdon (1606 – 3 November 1669), of Letton in Norfolk, was an English Member of Parliament (MP), lawyer and a colonel of cavalry during the English Civil War.

His father left him the Letton estate while passing the family's other estate (at Assington in Suffolk) to Brampton's older half-brother, John.

During the Civil War he was Colonel of a regiment of Suffolk Trained Band Horse and served as a member of the court martial which condemned Sir Charles Lucas and Sir George Lisle to death after the Siege of Colchester.

In 1651 and 1659 he commanded a Troop of Norfolk Trained Band Horse.

[3] He was succeeded by his son, also called Brampton Gurdon (died 1691).

St Mary's church, Cranworth – wall monument Memorial to Brampton Gurdon