Sir Edward Hales, 1st Baronet (1576–1654) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in various years between 1605 and 1648.
[1] Hales was elected MP for Hastings in 1605 and 1614, and appointed High Sheriff of Kent for 1608–1609 [2] and was created a baronet by King James I on 29 June 1611.
He was elected again in November 1640 for the Long Parliament, and held the seat until 1648 when he was excluded under Pride's Purge.
[5] His children by his first wife included a son, Sir John Hales, who pre-deceased him.
Having incurred the wrath of both Parliament and his grandfather, the future second baronet fled to the Netherlands.