George Dalston

He was awarded BA and MA from Trinity College, Cambridge in 1624.

[1] In 1628 he was elected MP for Cumberland again and sat until 1629 when King Charles I decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.

He was re-elected in November 1640 for the Long Parliament but was disabled for supporting the king in 1643.

[2] In the 1644-5 Siege of Carlisle he was forced to flee Dalston Hall when General Leslie requisitioned it as the Covenantor headquarters.

[3] Dalston died in September 1657 and his funeral sermon was preached by Jeremy Taylor.