Career
He fought on the Parliamentary side in the English Civil War. West was a colonel in the Parliamentary army by 1653 and served as Member of Parliament for Lancashire in the Barebones Parliament. In 1659 he acquired the manor of Middleton, Lancashire.
He was re-elected Member of Parliament for Lancaster for the Convention Parliament in 1660.
West died at the age of 58 and was buried on 7 December 1670. West"s first wife Juliana died in 1666.
