Thomas Windebanke

Sir Thomas Windebanke, 1st Baronet ( ) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640. He supported the Royalist side in the English Civil War.

Windebanke was the son of Sir Francis Windebanke Secretary of State to King Charles I.^[1] He became Clerk of the Signet to King Charles I in 1641^[2] and was created a baronet in 1645.^[3]

In April 1640, Windebanke was elected Member of Parliament for Wootton Bassett in the Short Parliament.^[4]

After the Restoration, Windebanke was clerk to the signet again from 1660 to 1674.^[2]

References

^ John Williams Ancient & modern Denbigh: a descriptive history
^ ^a ^b "Clerks of the Signet c.1539-1660". Institute of Historical Research. http://www.history.ac.uk/office/signet.html. Retrieved 2008-09-01.
^ John Burke, John Bernard Burke A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies
^ Browne WIllis Notitia parliamentaria, or, An history of the counties, cities, and boroughs in England and Wales: ... The whole extracted from mss. and printed evidences 1750 pp229-239

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Preceded by Parliament suspended since 1629	Member of Parliament for Wootton Bassett 1640 With: Edward Hyde	Succeeded by WIlliam Pleydell Edward Poole

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