Thomas Fanshawe (of Jenkins)

Thomas Fanshawe (1607 1651) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1626 and from 1640 to 1642.

Life

Fanshawe was the son of Sir Thomas Fanshawe of Jenkins, Barking, Essex. He was admitted at the Inner Temple in 1620 and matriculated from Trinity College, Cambridge in 1622, being awarded MA in 1624. In 1626 he was elected Member of Parliament for Preston. He was called to the bar in 1630 and became a bencher.[1]

In November 1640, Fanshawe was elected MP for Lancaster in the Long Parliament.[2] He was disabled from sitting in September 1642.

Family

Fanshawe married Susan, daughter of Matthias Otten of Putney. They had a son, Thomas, Member of Parliament for Essex, and a daughter Alice who married John Fanshawe of Parsloes.[3][4]

References

Parliament of England
Preceded by
Sir William Hervey
Henry Banister
Member of Parliament for Preston
1626
With: George Gerard
Succeeded by
Robert Carr
George Gerard
Preceded by
Roger Kirkby
John Harrison
Member of Parliament for Lancaster
1640
With: John Harrison
Succeeded by
John Harrison
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