Arthur Upton (died 1662)

Arthur Upton (1614-1662) of Lupton in the parish of Brixham in Devon, was a Member of Parliament for Devon[1] in 1654 and 1656 during the Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell.[2]

Origins

He was the eldest son and heir of John Upton (1590-1641) of Lupton, four times a Member of Parliament for Dartmouth in Devon (2 1/2 miles south-west of Lupton) at various times between 1625 and 1641, by his wife Dorothy Rous (d.1644) (alias Rowse), a daughter of Sir Anthony Rous of Halton in Cornwall,[3] and sister of Francis Rous (1579-1659), MP.

Marriage and children

In 1638 he married Elizabeth Gould (d. 1685), daughter of William Gould of Floyer Hayes in the parish of St Thomas, Exeter, and widow of Robert Haydon (1604-1634) of Cadhay[4] in the parish of Ottery St Mary, Devon, by whom he had children including:

References
  1. Yerby & Hunneyball
  2. Yerby, George & Hunneyball, Paul, biography of "Upton, John (1590-1641), of Lupton, Brixham, Devon", published in: History of Parliament: House of Commons 1604-1629, ed. Andrew Thrush and John P. Ferris, 2010
  3. Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.744, pedigree of Upton
  4. Vivian, p. 459, pedigree of Haydon; p.744, Upton
  5. John Burke A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain, Volume 4
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