| 词条 | Isaac Penington (Lord Mayor) |
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| name = Isaac Penington | image = Isaac Pennington (1584-1661).jpg | alt = | caption = | constituency_MP = City of London | parliament = English | term_start = 1640 | term_end = 1653 | predecessor = Parliament suspended since 1629 | successor = {{unbulleted list| Robert Tichborne | John Ireton | Samuel Moyer | John Langley | John Stone | Henry Barton | Praise-God Barebone}} | office2 = Lord Mayor of London | term_start2 = 1642 | term_end2 = 1642 | predecessor2 = Sir Richard Gurney, 1st Baronet | successor2 = Sir John Wollaston | birth_name = | birth_date = c. 1584 | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date|df=y|1661|12|16}} | death_place = Tower of London, England | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | nationality = | spouse = | relations = | children = Isaac Penington | father = Robert Penington | relatives = | residence = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | known_for = }} Isaac Penington[1] (c. 1584 – 16 December 1661){{sfn|Lindley|2004}} was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1653. He was Lord Mayor of London in 1642 and a prominent member of Oliver Cromwell's government. BiographyPenington was the son of Robert Penington and followed him in becoming a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers. He inherited several estates from his father and purchased one of his own. He made a fortune as a wine and cloth merchant. From 1626 he acted as financial agent to his second cousin, Admiral John Penington. He increased his commercial holdings in 1629 by becoming a partner in the brewery business of his second wife's family. His wife, Mary (née Wilkinson), and he were both staunch Puritans. In 1638 Penington was elected Sheriff of London and became an alderman of the City of London for Bridge Without ward on 29 January 1639. He was Prime Warden of the Fishmongers Company in 1640.{{sfn|Beaven|1908|pp=47-75}} In April 1640 Penington was elected a Member of Parliament (MP) for the City of London in the Short Parliament.{{sfn|Willis|1750|pp=229,233}} He was re-elected MP for City of London for the Long Parliament in November 1640 and sat until 1653.{{sfn|Willis|1750|pp=240,246}} On 16 August 1642 Parliament appointed him Lord Mayor of London after removing the Royalist Sir Richard Gurney, 1st Baronet from the position. He became a Colonel of the White Regiment in 1642 and from 1642 to 1645 he was Lieutenant of the Tower of London.{{sfn|Beaven|1908|pp=47-75}} In that capacity he was present during the execution of William Laud. He became Governor of the Levant Company in 1644, retaining the position to 1654.{{sfn|Beaven|1908|pp=47-75}} In January 1649, Penington was appointed a commissioner of the High Court of Justice at the trial of King Charles, but he was not one of the signatories of the King's death warrant. He served on the Rump's Council of State and on several government committees. He was made a knight in 1649. From 1650 he was the sole representative of the City of London in the Rump Parliament until it was forcibly ejected by Oliver Cromwell on 30 April 1653.{{sfn|Beaven|1908|pp=261-297}} After the Restoration, he was tried for high treason and imprisoned in the Tower of London, where he died on the night of 16 December 1661.{{sfn|House of Lords|1662|pp=51-53}} FamilyPenington was married twice. Several of his children became members of the Religious Society of Friends, most notably his son Isaac Penington. However, Sir Issac's son Arthur Pennington (Pennington) became a Roman Catholic priest.[2] See also
Notes1. ^His name was spelt Isaac Pennington {{harv|House of Lords|1660|pp= 51–53}} 2. ^Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 15, (Owens-Pockrich), pp. 740-741 References
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| title=Member of Parliament for City of London | before= Parliament suspended since 1629 | with= Thomas Soame 1640–1648 | with2= Samuel Vassall 1640–1648 | with3=Matthew Cradock 1640–1641 | with4= John Venn 1641–1650 | years=1640–1653 | after= Robert Tichborne John Ireton Samuel Moyer John Langley John Stone Henry Barton Praise-God Barebone }}{{s-civ}}{{succession box | before= Sir Richard Gurney, 1st Baronet | title=Lord Mayor of London | years=1642 | after= Sir John Wollaston }}{{s-end}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Penington, Isaac}} 13 : 1584 births|1661 deaths|Members of the Parliament of England for the City of London|Regicides of Charles I|Sheriffs of the City of London|17th-century Lord Mayors of London|Lieutenants of the Tower of London|English MPs 1640 (April)|English MPs 1640–1648|English MPs 1648–1653|Levant Company|People convicted of treason against England|Prisoners in the Tower of London |
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