George Skutt ca 1624-

[Elected 1652-1655. Letters & papers relating to the First Dutch War: 1652-1654, Volume 30, Issue3, p306. Appointed 1662 Poole, Dorset, Burgess.] [(4)Merchant Assis RAC 1672-4, 1677-9, 1682-4, RAC agent in Barbadoes (5)RAC stock £1000 of original stock 1671 (6)Estate Barbadoes (7)Tory ("very good" 1682) (8)Commsr for Lieut, 1681. (1)Directory 1677, Boyd 5899, VBk, St Helen, will (2)Journ, 49, f293, Boyd 5899 (3)Boyd 5899, will (4)Boyd 5899] [Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Holland SP 84/162/. Geo. Skutt to Lord Desborough. The National Archives, Kew. Date:1658.] [Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Holland SP 84/162/. Geo. Skutt to Lord Sydenham. The National Archives, Kew. Date:1658.] [Whatever the origin of the name, in the mid 17th century the property belonged to George Skutt, a wealthy merchant and leading citizen of Poole during the civil war. He was mayor of the town several times and also M.P. for Poole when the previous member, William Constantine, was arrested for throwing his lot in with the royalists and trying to persuade the town to do the same. George Skutt was a brewer and ran a trading business with his two eldest sons consisting of parts of shipping adventures at sea. He also owned property in Grey's Inn Lane, Middlesex, land at Sterte, a farm at Thickfurzes (Heckford), a cellar (store), brewhouse and two dwelling houses in Poole. In his will of 1653, George left his houses to his eldest son, William and his other property to his second son, George. The rest of his 6 sons and 5 daughters each received sums of money ranging from £100 to £500.]