John Nixon (MP)

John Nixon (1588 – 14 April 1662) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1646 to 1653.

[2] Although he was a prominent Parliamentarian, in 1642 he contributed four pounds of powder and two pieces of match to a general royalist fund.

In June 1646, five days after the Royalist troops began evacuating Oxford, the act of disenfranchisement was repealed and Nixon was restored to his freedom and his place on the council.

[2] In May 1661 he was reported to be unable to do the work of a Commissioner of Barges "owing to his weakness of body", but in August he took part in the procession that went out to meet Charles II, wearing a scarlet gown and tippet.

[1] Nixon died in 1662 and was buried on 17 April at St Mary's Church with the following epitaph on his monument.