List of Parliaments of England - Parliaments of Charles II

Parliaments of Charles II

No. Summoned Elected Assembled Dissolved Sessions Speaker Note
1st 18 February 1661 1661 8 May 1661 24 January 1679 16 Edward Turnour Cavalier Parliament
Job Charlton
Edward Seymour
Robert Sawyer
2nd 25 January 1679 1679 6 March 1679 12 July 1679 2 William Gregory Habeas Corpus Parliament
3rd 24 July 1679 1679 21 October 1680 18 January 1681 1 William Williams Exclusion Bill Parliament
4th 20 January 1681 1681 21 March 1681 28 March 1681 1 William Williams Oxford Parliament

Note: The Convention Parliament of 1660 is often referred to as the 1st Parliament of Charles II. As it was not summoned by the King, the Convention Parliament is not included in this part of this list. Many sources, however, will give the above four Parliaments a number one higher than this list does.

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