title: John Hales (MP for New Shoreham)
text: # John Hales (MP for New Shoreham)
  
  John Hales (2 March 1648 – 8 October 1723) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1679 to 1685.
  
  Hales was an elected Member of Parliament (MP) for New Shoreham in 1679, and held the seat till 1685.
  
  Hales died in October 1723, aged 75. His brother Edward Hales was on the Admiralty commission, and his cousin Edward Hales was MP for Hythe.
  
  