Humphrey Orme

Humphrey Orme (1620 – 2 March 1671) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1654 and from 1660 to 1671.

Orme was the son of Humphrey Orme of Peterborough[1] and his wife Mary Orme, daughter of Humphrey Orme of Compton Dundon, Somerset. He was baptised on 12 October 1620.[2]

Orme's grandfather was a strong Royalist.[1] Nevertheless, Orme supported Parliament, being in 1650 one Commissioners for raising money in Northamptonshire.[3] In 1654, he was elected Member of Parliament for Peterborough in the First Protectorate Parliament.[2]

In 1660, Orme was re-elected MP for Peterborough in the Convention Parliament. He was recommended as a Knight of the Royal Oak. He was re-elected in 1661 for the Cavalier Parliament and sat until his death in 1671.[2]

Orme died at the age of 50.

Orme married Mary Apreece, widow of Robert Apreece and daughter of Sir Henry Bedingfield, 1st Baronet of Oxburgh, Norfolk.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Bernard Burke. The heraldic register, 1849-1850 : with an introductory essay on heraldry, and an annotated obituary
  2. ^ a b c History of Parliament Online - Orme, Humphrey
  3. ^ 'November 1650: An Act for raising of One hundred and twenty thousand pounds per Mensem for Four Moneths, To commence the Five and twentieth of December 1650. for Maintenance of the Forces in England, Ireland and Scotland, Raised by Authority of Parliament for the Service of this Commonwealth.', Acts and Ordinances of the Interregnum, 1642-1660 (1911), pp. 456-490. Date accessed: 30 May 2011
Parliament of England
Preceded by
Not represented in Barebones Parliament
 Member of Parliament for Peterborough
1654
With: Alexander Blake 		Succeeded by