Thomas Lane (MP)

Thomas Lane (1582 31 December 1652) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1625 and 1648.

Career

Lane was a bencher of the Temple and lord of the manor of Greenford Parva.[1]

In 1625 Lane was elected Member of Parliament for Wycombe and was re-elected in 1628. After King Charles I ruled without parliament for eleven years, Lane was re-elected for Wycombe in April 1640 for the Short Parliament. He was re-elected in November 1640 to the Long Parliament and remained supporting the parliamentarian cause until ejected under Pride's Purge in 1648[2]

Early life and family

Lane was born in Hughenden, Bucks and baptised there on 2 January 1583. According to Heralds visitations, he was descended from the "Lane family of Thingdon and Orlingbury" in Northants.[3][4]

He married twice but had no children. His second wife was Jane Duncombe daughter of John Duncombe of East Cleydon Buckinghamshire.[1]

Lane died at the age of 70 and a memorial exists in the church of Greenford Parva (or Perivale).[1] His will was proved on 10 May 1653.[5]

References

Parliament of England
Preceded by
Henry Coke
Member of Parliament for Wycombe
1625
With: Henry Coke
Succeeded by
Henry Coke
Edmund Waller
Preceded by
Henry Coke
Edmund Waller
Member of Parliament for Wycombe
1628-29
With: Sir William Borlase
Succeeded by
Parliament suspended until 1640
Preceded by
Parliament suspended since 1629
Member of Parliament for Wycombe
1640 -1648
With: Sir Edmund Verney 1640-1642
Richard Browne 1645-1648
Succeeded by
Unrepresented until 1654
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