This is a list of members of Parliament (MPs) in the Cavalier Parliament which lasted from 8 May 1661 until 24 January 1679. It was the longest English Parliament, enduring for nearly 18 years of the quarter century reign of Charles II of England. Like its predecessor, the Convention Parliament, it was overwhelmingly Royalist and is also known as the Pensioner Parliament for the many pensions it granted to adherents of the King.The London Magazine, May–August 1827, Hunt and Clarke, 1827. pp. 115–124 "Flagellum Parliamentarium" attributed to Andrew Marvell. A list of Members of Parliament who were receiving a state salary or pension in the early 1670s. It restored the Anglican church as the official church of England.
Surviving Royalist members who had been disabled from sitting in the Long Parliament in the 1640s and who were not allowed to sit in the intervening parliaments were allowed to stand again for parliament.
List of constituencies and members
This list contains details of the MPs elected in 1661.
BedfordshireConstituencyMembersNotes Bedfordshire Lord Bruce of Whorlton Sir Humphrey Winch, 1st Baronet Bruce replaced 1664 by Sir John Napier, 4th Baronet Bedford Richard Taylor John Kelyng Taylor replaced 1667 by Sir William Beecher Kelyng replaced by Paulet St JohnBerkshireConstituencyMembersNotes Berkshire Richard Powle Hon. John Lovelace Powle replaced 1678 by The Earl of Stirling Lovelace replaced 1670 by Richard Neville; Neville replaced 1677 by Sir Humphrey Forster, 2nd Baronet Abingdon Sir George Stonhouse, 3rd Baronet Stonhouse replaced 1675 by Sir John Stonhouse, 2nd Bt Reading Sir Thomas Dolman Richard Aldworth Wallingford Robert Packer George Fane Fane replaced 1663 by Sir John Bennet Windsor Richard Braham Thomas Higgons Braham replaced by Sir Francis WinningtonBuckinghamshireConstituencyMembersNotes Buckinghamshire William Bowyer William Tyringham Amersham Sir William Drake, 1st Baronet Thomas Proby Drake replaced 1669 by Sir William Drake Aylesbury Sir Richard Ingoldsby Sir Thomas Lee, 1st Baronet Buckingham Sir William Smyth, 1st Baronet Sir Richard Temple, 3rd Baronet Marlow Peregrine Hoby William Borlase Borlase replaced 1666 by Charles Cheyne Wendover Richard Hampden Robert Croke Croke replaced 1673 by Edward Backwell replaced 1673 by Hon. Thomas Wharton Wycombe Sir Edmund Pye, 1st Baronet Sir John Borlase, 1st Baronet Pye replaced 1673 by Robert Sawyer Borlase replaced 1673 by Sir John Borlase, 2nd BaronetCambridgeshireConstituencyMembersNotes Cambridgeshire Thomas Wendy Thomas Chicheley Wendy replaced 1674 by Sir Thomas Hatton, 2nd Baronet Cambridge Sir William Compton Roger Pepys Compton replaced 1664 by The Lord Alington Cambridge University Sir Richard Fanshawe, 1st Baronet Thomas Crouch Fanshawe replaced 1667 by Charles WhelerCheshireConstituencyMembersNotes Cheshire The Lord Brereton Peter Venables Brereton replaced 1664 by Sir Fulk Lucy Venables replaced 1670 by Thomas Cholmondeley City of Chester John Ratcliffe Sir Thomas Smith Ratcliffe replaced 1673 by Robert Werden Smith replaced 1675 by William WilliamsCornwallConstituencyMembersNotes Cornwall Jonathan Trelawny Sir John Coryton, 1st Baronet Bodmin Hender Robartes Sir John Carew, 3rd Baronet Bossiney Robert Robartes Richard Rous Callington Allen Brodrick Sir Cyril Wyche