Arthur Mainwaring Arthur Mainwaring Sir Arthur Mainwaring (c. 1580 – 1648) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1624 to 1626. Mainwaring was the eldest son of Sir George Mainwaring of Ightfield, Shropshire and Ann More, daughter of William More. He was awarded BA from Brasenose College, Oxford on 7 July 1598 and MA on 15 June 1601. He began a rise to prominence working for Sir Thomas Egerton, in whose household he was steward from 1602 to 1617. John Payne Collier published records by Mainwaring relating to a performance of "Othello" for Queen Elizabeth at this
Philip Mainwaring House of Commons for Clonakilty from 1634 to 1635 and for Carysfort from 1640 to 1641. Mainwaring was elected MP for Morpeth for the Short Parliament in April 1640. He was imprisoned in 1650. In December 1660, Mainwaring was appointed to the Irish Privy Council. He was then elected MP for Newton in the Cavalier Parliament in 1661, but died later that year. Philip Mainwaring Sir Philip Mainwaring (1589 – 2 August 1661) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1625 and 1661. Mainwaring was the son of Randall Mainwaring, of Peover, Cheshire. He