John Tregonwell

Who is John Tregonwell?

John Tregonwell was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1659 and 1679.

Tregonwell was the son of Thomas Tregonwell of Anderson, Dorset and his wife Dorothy Hastings, daughter of Hon. Henry Hastings of Woodlands, Dorset and widow of Sir John Ryves of Damory Court, Dorset. He succeeded to Anderson on the death of his father in 1655. In 1659, he was elected Member of Parliament for Corfe Castle in the Third Protectorate Parliament. He became J.P. for Dorset in March 1660 and remained on the commission until his death.

In April 1660 Tregonwell was re-elected MP for Corfe Castle for the Convention Parliament. He was commissioner for assessment for Dorset from August 1660 until 1680. He was one of those proposed for the order Knight of the Royal Oak with an estate with an anuual income of £1,100. In 1661 he was re-elected MP for Corfe Castle in the Cavalier Parliament. A major concern of his in parliament was to obtain an act allowing him to sell part of the Ebuty estate. He was commissioner for the foreshore, Dorset in 1662. He became Deputy Lieutenant in 1670. He was commissioner for assessment for Westminster from 1673 to 1680.