Francis Luttrell of Dunster Castle, Somerset, was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1656 and 1666.
Background
He was baptised on 1 November 1628. He was the heir of his elder brother George Luttrell (d1655) of Dunster Castle and the second surviving son of Thomas Luttrell (died 1644) of Dunster Castle by his wife Jane Popham, daughter of Sir Francis Popham of Littlecote, Wiltshire. His younger brother was Alexander Luttrell, Member of Parliament for Minehead.
Career
He entered Lincoln"s Inn in 1646 and was called to the bar in 1653. He was a Justice of the Peace for Somerset from 1657 to 1659 and a Commissioner for Assessment for Somerset in 1657 and from January 1660 until his death. He became a Justice of the Peace for Somerset again from March 1660 until his death.
He became Commissioner for Militia for Somerset in March 1660 and Colonel of Militia in April 1660.
In April 1660 Luttrell was elected Member of Parliament for the family"s pocket borough of Minehead in the Convention Parliament. He was proposed as a Knight of the Royal Oak, with an income of £1,500 per year.
He was commissioner for sewers in August and December 1660. In 1661 he was re-elected Member of Parliament for Minehead in the Cavalier Parliament and sat until his death in 1666.
Luttrell died in 1666 at the age of 37 and was buried at Dunster on 14 March 1666.
Membership
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In 1656 he was elected Member of Parliament for Somerset.