Laurence Whitaker (c. 1578 – 15 April 1654) of Turnham Green, Chiswick was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1624 and 1653.
He matriculated from St John's College, Cambridge in around 1593 and was awarded BA in 1597 and MA in 1600.
[1] He also held a number of minor public offices, including Clerk of the Petty Bag (1611–1614), and served as a Justice of the Peace for Middlesex.
He was re-elected in 1625, 1626 and 1628 and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.
[1] In November 1640, Whitaker was elected MP for Okehampton in the Long Parliament, of which he was a diarist.