Robert Parkhurst (died 1651)

Sir Robert Parkhurst (c. July 1603 – August 1651) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1625 and 1651.

He was baptised at Saint Mary Le Bow on 5 July 1603.

He was re-elected in 1626 and in 1628 and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.

[2] Parkhurst inherited the estates including Pyrford on the death of his father in 1636[3] and was knighted at Dublin on 29 April 1638.

[5] Parkhurst died at the age of 48 and was buried at Holy Trinity, Guildford on 21 Aug 1651.