John Oglander

Sir John Oglander (12 May 1585 – 28 November 1655)[1] was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1625 to 1629.

He was re-elected MP for Yarmouth in 1626 and 1628 and sat until 1629[2] when Charles I decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.

[1][5] Sir John Oglander lost his deputy-governor position, and was twice arrested by the parliamentarians during the First English Civil War, but was treated leniently in the end, in 1645.

In 1650 he was visited by Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester and Princess Elizabeth; was arrested again in early 1651; and was again released on surety.

In April 2013, Sir John was one of five contrasting subjects featured in the first episode of the BBC Four series, The Century that Wrote Itself, presented by Adam Nicolson.