Hugh Forth
English politician
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Hugh Forth (6 July 1610 – 20 February 1676) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659 and 1660.
Forth was a merchant of the City of London. In 1659, he was elected Member of Parliament for Wigan in the Third Protectorate Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Wigan in April 1660 for the Convention Parliament but the election was declared void in July.
Forth died at the age of 65.
Forth married a daughter of John Rigby of Middleton.
References
| title=Member of Parliament for Wigan | before= Not represented in Second Protectorate Parliament | with= Robert Markland | years=1659 | after= Not represented in Restored Rump
References
- [https://archive.org/stream/cu31924030494987#page/n235/mode/2up William Duncombe Pink, Alfred B. Beaven ''The parliamentary representation of Lancashire, (county and borough), 1258-1885, with biographical and genealogical notices of the members, &c.'' (1889)]
- [http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/forth-hugh-1610-76 History of Parliament Online - Forth, Hugh]
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