Thomas Hussey (MP for Whitchurch)

Thomas Hussey (1597 - December 1657) was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1645 and 1657.

Hussey was a citizen of London and a member of the Worshipful Company of Grocers. He became an alderman of the City of London for Vintry ward on 17 Jul 1645.^[1] He purchased a lease of Hungerford Park from John Herbert.^[2]

In 1645, Hussey was elected Member of Parliament for Whitchurch in the Long Parliament and remained until 1653.^[3] In 1650 he purchased a part of Kintbury from Henry Marten.^[4] In 1656 he was elected MP for Andover in the Second Protectorate Parliament.^[3]

Hussey died in 1657 and left Hungerford Park to his wife Catherine for her life with remainder to his eldest son Thomas Hussey.

References

1. 'Chronological list of aldermen: 1601-1650', The Aldermen of the City of London: Temp. Henry III - 1912 (1908), pp. 47-75. Date accessed: 16 July 2011
2. Hungerford', A History of the County of Berkshire: Volume 4 (1924), pp. 183-200. Date accessed: 16 July 2011.the City of London: Temp. Henry III - 1912 (1908), pp. 47-75. Date accessed: 16 July 2011
3. Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 229–239.
4. 'Parishes: Kintbury', A History of the County of Berkshire: Volume 4 (1924), pp. 205-217. Date accessed: 16 July 2011