John Button (1624–1679)

John Button (1624 – December 1679) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1659 and 1679.

He was made freeman of Lymington in 1646 and was a commissioner for militia in 1648.

He was a commissioner for assessment for Hampshire from 1677 and was a captain of the militia by 1679.

In 1679 he was returned as MP for Lymington in the two elections but died before the second parliament met.

[1] Button married Mary Jesson, daughter of William Jesson, dyer, of Coventry, Warwickshire and had a son and five daughters.