Sir Paul Neile FRS (1613 – February 1686) was an English astronomer and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640 and from 1673 to 1677.
He was admitted at Pembroke College, Cambridge on 20 May 1627 aged 14 and was awarded BA in 1631.
[1] He was one of the ushers of the Privy Chamber to King Charles I,[2] and was knighted on 27 May 1633 when he was of Hutton Bonville York.
[1][4] During the interregnum he was living at White Waltham, Berkshire where he studied astronomy and built telescopes.
[2] In 1673 Neile was elected MP for Newark[5] together with his business partner Henry Savile.