Francis Luttrell (1628–1666)

Francis Luttrell (1628–1666) of Dunster Castle, Somerset, was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1656 and 1666.

He was baptised on 1 November 1628. He was the heir of his elder brother George Luttrell (d.1655) of Dunster Castle and the second surviving son of Thomas Luttrell (died 1644) of Dunster Castle by his wife Jane Popham, daughter of Sir Francis Popham of Littlecote, Wiltshire. His younger brother was Alexander Luttrell, MP for Minehead.

He entered Lincoln's Inn in 1646 and was called to the bar in 1653. In 1655 He succeeded his elder brother George Luttrell (d.1655) of Dunster Castle,Sheriff of Somerset in 1652, who died without progeny, having married three times. In 1656 he was elected Member of Parliament for Somerset. He was a JP for Somerset from 1657 to 1659 and a Commissioner for Assessment for Somerset in 1657 and from January 1660 until his death. He became a JP for Somerset again from March 1660 until his death. He became Commissioner for Militia for Somerset in March 1660 and Colonel of Militia in April 1660. In April 1660 Luttrell was elected MP for the family's pocket borough of Minehead in the Convention Parliament. He was proposed as a Knight of the Royal Oak, with an income of £1,500 per year. He was commissioner for sewers in August and December 1660. In 1661 he was re-elected MP for Minehead in the Cavalier Parliament and sat until his death in 1666.

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