John Barton (MP)

1614 – 1684) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659 and 1660.

He entered Middle Temple in 1632 and was called to the bar in 1639.

He was re-elected MP for Fowey in April 1660 for the Convention Parliament.

In September 1660 he became commissioner for assessment for Middlesex.

[1] Barton married Joan Roscarrock, daughter of Charles Roscarrock of Roscarrock, St Endellion, Cornwall before 1649 and had two sons and a daughter.