Robert Brewster (Roundhead)

Robert Brewster (1599–1663) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1645 and 1659. He was a general in the Parliamentary army in the English Civil War.

Brewster was the son of Francis Brewster, of Wrentham Hall, Suffolk. He matriculated from Pembroke College, Cambridge at Easter, 1617. He became a general on the Parliamentary Army.

In 1645, he was elected Member of Parliament for Dunwich as a recruiter to the Long Parliament. He survived Pride's Purge and sat until 1653. In 1654 he was elected MP for Dunwich again in the First Protectorate Parliament. He was elected MP for Suffolk in 1656. In 1659 he was elected MP for Dunwich again.

He married Amy, the daughter of Sir Thomas Corbet of Sprowston, with whom he had 2 sons. His eldest son and heir, Francis, was also MP for Dunwich and Suffolk for several years.

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Parliament of England
Preceded by Henry Coke Anthony Bedingfield	Member of Parliament for Dunwich 1645–1653 With: Anthony Bedingfield 1645–1648	Succeeded by Not represented in Barebones Parliament
Preceded by Not represented in Barebones Parliament	Member of Parliament for Dunwich 1654	Succeeded by Francis Brewster
Preceded by Sir William Spring, Bt Sir Thomas Barnardiston, Bt Sir T Bedingfield William Bloys John Gurdon William Gibbes John Brandling Alexander Bence John Sicklemore Thomas Bacon	Member of Parliament for Suffolk 1656 With: Sir Thomas Barnardiston, Bt Henry Felton Henry North Edmund Harvey Edward Le Neve John Sicklemore William Bloys William Gibbes Daniel Wall	Succeeded by Henry Felton Sir Thomas Barnardiston, 1st Baronet
Preceded by Francis Brewster	Member of Parliament for Dunwich 1659–1660 With: John Barrington 1659	Succeeded by Sir John Rous Henry Bedingfield