Background
Kyrton, baptised on 15 May 1585 was the son of Daniel Kirton (died 1591) of Almsford Park, Somerset, and Frances.
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Edward Kyrton
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Education
He graduated from Oxford with an Master of Arts in 1643 (the Royalist capital during the Civil War).
Career
He supported the Royalist side in the English Civil War. Kyrton lived at Castle Cary, and was steward to the Marquis of Hertford. He was returned Member of Parliament for Marlborough in 1625 and 1626.
In 1628 he was elected Member of Parliament for Great Bedwyn and sat until 1629 when King Charles I decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.
In April 1640, Kyrton was elected Member of Parliament for Milborne Portuguese, Somerset in the Short Parliament. He was re-elected Member of Parliament for Milborne Portuguese in November 1640 for the Long Parliament.
His support for the Royalist cause led to his being disabled from sitting in the Westminster Parliament in August 1642, and his subsequent sitting in King Charles"s Oxford Parliament (1644–1645). After the Battle of Worcester the young King Charles II stopped with Kyrton at Castle Cary during his flight to France.
Kyrton died and was buried on 30 January 1654.
In 1618 Kyrton married Margaret —— who survived him.
Membership
Short Parliament; Useless Parliament. Happy Parliament; 2nd Parliament of King Charles I]
In 1621 he was returned as Member of Parliament for Newcastle-Under-Lyme In 1624 he was returned Member of Parliament for Ludgershall, Wiltshire.
