Background
Whistler was the son of Hugh Whistler of Milton Parva, Oxfordshire.
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John Whistler
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Career
He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. He matriculated at Trinity College, Oxford on 14 October 1597 aged 17 and was awarded Bachelor on 17 February 1601. He entered Gray"s Inn on 4 May 1601 and was called to the bar in 1611.
In 1622 he was made deputy recorder of Oxford to Thomas Wentworth.
He was re-elected Member of Parliament for Oxford in 1625, 1626 and 1628 and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years. He succeeded Wentworth as recorder of Oxford on his death in 1628.
In 1640 Whistler became treasurer of his Inn. He was elected Member of Parliament for Oxford in April 1640 for the Short Parliament and again in November 1640 for the Long Parliament.
He supported the King and was disabled from sitting, probably in January 1644.
Membership
Short Parliament; Useless Parliament. Happy Parliament; 2nd Parliament of King Charles I]
In 1624, Whistler was elected Member of Parliament for Oxford.
