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In 1563 Francis Carew [aged 33] was elected MP Castle Rising.
In 1572 Richard Drake [aged 37] was elected MP Castle Rising.
In 1581 William Drury [aged 30] was elected MP Castle Rising.
In 1584 Michael Stanhope [aged 35] was elected MP Castle Rising.
In 1625 Hamon Strange [aged 42] was elected MP Castle Rising.
In 1626 Hamon Strange [aged 43] was elected MP Castle Rising.
In November 1640 John Holland 1st Baronet [aged 37] was elected MP Castle Rising which seat he held until he was excluded in Pride's Purge in 1648.
In 1645 John Spelman [aged 38] was elected MP Castle Rising in the Long Parliament.
In 1660 John Spelman [aged 53] was elected MP Castle Rising in the Convention Parliament.
In 1660 John Holland 1st Baronet [aged 56] was elected MP Castle Rising.
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On 4th February 1679 Robert Howard [aged 53] was elected MP Castle Rising which seat he represented until Jun 1698 bar 1685.
In 1685 Nicholas L'Estrange 4th Baronet [aged 23] was elected MP Castle Rising.
On 30th April 1701 Robert Cecil [aged 30] was elected MP Castle Rising at a by-election. He did not stand at the subsequent second general election of 1701.
In 1702 Thomas Littleton 3rd Baronet [aged 54] was elected MP Castle Rising.
In 1715 Charles Churchill [aged 36] was elected MP Castle Rising.
In 1737 William Howard [aged 22] was elected MP Castle Rising which seat he held until 1747.
In 1807 Charles Bagot [aged 25] was elected MP Castle Rising.
In 1812 Augustus Cavendish-Bradshaw [aged 43] was elected MP Castle Rising which seat he held until Feb 1817.
In 1817 George Cholmondeley 2nd Marquess Cholmondeley [aged 24] was elected MP Castle Rising.