Anthony Rous

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title: "Anthony Rous" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1605-births", "1677-deaths", "members-of-the-parliament-of-england-(pre-1707)-for-constituencies-in-cornwall", "roundheads", "place-of-birth-missing", "masters-of-the-jewel-office"] description: "English politician" topic_path: "people/1600s" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Rous" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Anthony Rous
birth_date	1605
death_date	1 May 1677
father	Robert Rous
mother	Jane Pam
spouse	Mary Bradshaw
children	Francis Rous
constituency_MP	Helston
parliament	English
term_start	May 1660
term_end	27 June 1660
successor	Thomas Robinson
constituency_MP1	Cornwall
parliament1	English
term_start1	17 September 1656
term_end1	4 February 1658
successor1
constituency_MP2	Cornwall
parliament2	English
term_start2	3 September 1654
term_end2	22 January 1655
constituency_MP3	Cornwall
parliament3	English
term_start3	4 July 1653
term_end3	12 December 1653
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| honorific_prefix = | name = Anthony Rous | honorific_suffix = | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = 1605 | death_date = 1 May 1677 | father = Robert Rous | mother = Jane Pam | spouse = Mary Bradshaw | children = Francis Rous | constituency_MP = Helston | parliament = English | majority = | term_start = May 1660 | term_end = 27 June 1660 | predecessor = | successor = Thomas Robinson | prior_term = | constituency_MP1 = Cornwall | parliament1 = English | majority1 = | term_start1 = 17 September 1656 | term_end1 = 4 February 1658 | predecessor1 = | successor1 = | prior_term1 = | constituency_MP2 = Cornwall | parliament2 = English | majority2 = | term_start2 = 3 September 1654 | term_end2 = 22 January 1655 | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | prior_term2 = | constituency_MP3 = Cornwall | parliament3 = English | majority3 = | term_start3 = 4 July 1653 | term_end3 = 12 December 1653 | predecessor3 = | successor3 = | prior_term3 = Anthony Rous (1605 – 1 May 1677) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1653 and 1660. He was an officer in the Parliamentary army in the English Civil War.

Rous was the son of Robert Rous and his wife Jane Pym, daughter of Alexander Pym and niece of John Pym.

In 1653, Rous was elected Member of Parliament for Cornwall in the Barebones Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Cornwall in the First Protectorate Parliament and in the Second Protectorate Parliament.

In April 1660, Rous was elected Member of Parliament for Helston for the Convention Parliament in a double return. He was seated in May 1660, but the election was declared void on 27 June and a by-election was held.

Rous married Mary Bradshaw, daughter of William Bradshaw of Lancashire and had a son Francis.

References

| title=Member of Parliament for Cornwall |before = Not represented in Rump Parliament |with=Robert Bennet 1653 | with2 =Francis Langdon 1653 | with3 =John Bawden 1653 | with4= Charles Boscawen 1654 | with5 =Thomas Gewen 1654 | with6= James Launce 1654 | with7=Walter Moyle 1654–1656 | with8=Thomas Ceely 1654–1656 | with9 = Richard Carter 1654-166 | with10= Anthony Nicholl 1654–1656 | with11= Francis Rous | with12 = William Braddon 1656 | with13 = John St Aubin 1656 | years=1653 – 1656 | after= Hugh Boscawen | after2= Francis Buller

References

1. [https://books.google.com/books?id=uo9AAAAAcAAJ&dq=%22Anthony+Rous%22&pg=PA119 John Burke ''A genealogical and heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain, Volume 1'']
2. {{Cite Notitia Parliamentaria
3. {{Rayment-hc. h. 2. (March 2012)

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