George Oxenden (lawyer)

George Oxenden (October 1651 – 21 February 1703) was an English academic, lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1695 to 1698.

[1] He was admitted at Trinity Hall, Cambridge as a scholar on 8 July 1667[2] becoming a Fellow in 1671 and being awarded LLB in 1673, MA in 1675 and LLD in 1679.

He was one of the commissioners for the rebuilding of St Paul's Cathedral from 1692[3] and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge for 1692–1693.

[2] In 1695 Oxenden was elected as Member of Parliament for Cambridge University and held the seat until 1698 when he stood unsuccessfully.

[4] Oxenden died at his house in Doctors' Commons and was buried in the family vault at Wingham.