in Parliament, and was on 51 committees. He made nine recorded speeches and was the first MP to declare in the House that the reign of King James II was at an end, and argued with great force that the King could be deemed to have abdicated. In 1689 he was appointed a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber. Dolben was returned unopposed as Tory MP for Peterborough at the 1690 in his own interest, and worked with the Court party. He conducted a considerable amount of routine parliamentary business, and was noted as one of the lawyers particularly interested in introducing legislative change. He was returned again at the 1695 general election. He refused to take the Oath of Association, introduced by the House of Commons after the failure of the Jacobite assassination plot 1696, apparently, because he objected to the reference to the life of King William III having been saved by divine providence, which in his view raised the question of whether he was King by Divine Right. As a result, he lost his place on the Commission of the Peace for the second time. In late March 1696, he voted against fixing the price of guineas at 22 shillings. He opposed the attainder of Sir John Fenwick for treason and made a long speech on 25 November 1696, arguing that the case should be dealt with by an ordinary process of criminal law, and voted against the attainder. He spoke and voted on many issues, but was a particularly strong supporter of the Blasphemy Act 1697. He did not stand at the 1698 English general election. Dolben was returned again for Peterborough at the first general election of 1701. After Parliament was dissolved he was blacklisted for opposing the preparations for war against France. On 13 May 1701, he was appointed a judge of the common pleas in Ireland and about this time he was restored to the commission of the peace. He was returned at the second general election of 1701 and remained active in Parliament. He was involved in preparing a bill to prevent bribery at elections on 17 January 1702) and as a Tory, he supported the motion of 26 February 1702 which vindicated the Commons’ proceedings in the impeachments of William III's ministers. He was returned again for Peterborough in 1702, 1705 and 1708. At the 1710 British general election he transferred to