William Singleton
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Who is William Singleton?
William Singleton was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640. He fought briefly on the side of the Parliamentarians in the English Civil War.
Singleton may have been the son of Thomas Singleton, merchant of London and Gloucester. He was Sheriff of Gloucester in 1618 and Mayor of Gloucester in 1637. He may have been a woollen draper.
In April 1640, Singleton was elected Member of Parliament for Gloucester in the Short Parliament. He was a captain in the regiment of Colonel Henry Stephens in the defence of Goucester in 1643. He was Mayor of Gloucester again in 1651.
Singleton married Martha Lane, daughter of William Lane of Gloucester at St Nicholas Church on 21 June 1624.
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