Thomas Tomkins (MP)

Thomas Tomkins (c. 1605 – 31 December 1674) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1674. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War..

Tomkins was probably the son of James Tomkins of Monnington on Wye, Herefordshire, and of Garnestone south of Weobley.[1]

In April 1640, Tomkins was elected Member of Parliament for Weobley in the Short Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Weobley for the Long Parliament in November 1640.[2] He supported the king and was disabled form sitting in parliament on 22 January 1644.

Tomkins was elected MP for Weobley for the Convention Parliament in August 1660 after the previous election was declared void. He was re-elected MP for Weobley for the Cavalier Parliament in 1661 and sat until his death in 1674.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Timothy Lathrop Miller History of Hereford cattle, proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 2)
Parliament of England
Preceded by
Parliament suspended since 1629		 Member of Parliament for Weobley
1640-1644
With: William Tomkins 1640
Arthur Jones Lord Ranelagh 1640-1641		 Succeeded by
Robert Andrews
William Crowther


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