Sampson Lort

Sampson Lort was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659.

Lort was the second son of Henry Lort of Stackpole, Pembrokeshire and his wife Judith White, daughter of Henry White of Henllam, Pembrokeshire.[1] In 1659, he was elected Member of Parliament for Pembroke in a double return for the Third Protectorate Parliament which was never resolved.[2] He was a Commissioner responsible for collecting monthly levies from Pembrokeshire to pay for the armed forces under the Commonwealth.[3]

Lort married a daughter of Sir John Philipps, 1st Baronet, of Picton. He was the brother of Sir Roger Lort, 1st Baronet.[2]

References

  1. ^ George Edward Cokayne Complete Baronetage, Volume 3: 1649–1664 1902
  2. ^ a b W. R. Williams The Parliamentary History of the Principality of Wales
  3. ^ "April 1649: An Act For Raising Ninety thousand pounds per Mensem, For the Maintenance of the Forces raised by Authority of Parliament, for the Service of England and Ireland, For Six Moneths, from the 25th of March, 1649 to the 29th of September, 1649. Acts and Ordinances of the Interregnum, 1642-1660". British History Online. HMSO 1911. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
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