Sir Thomas Barnardiston, 1st Baronet
Sir Thomas Barnardiston, 1st Baronet (died 14 October 1669) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1640 and 1659. He fought on the Parliamentary side in the English Civil War.
Barnardiston was the son of Sir Nathaniel Barnardiston of Ketton, Suffolk and his wife Jane, daughter of Sir Peter Soame, Lord Mayor of London.[1] His brother was Samuel Barnardiston. He matriculated from St Catharine's College, Cambridge in Autumn 1633 and was admitted at Gray's Inn on 1 May 1635.[2]
Barnardiston was knighted in 1641 but fought on the side of parliament in the Civil War. In 1645, he was elected Member of Parliament for Bury St. Edmunds in the Long Parliament and survived Pride's Purge. In 1654 he was elected one of the MPs Suffolk for the First Protectorate Parliament and in 1656 in the Second Protectorate Parliament. He was re-elected in 1659 for the Third Protectorate Parliament[3] and reattended as a member for Bury St Edmunds in the Restored Rump Parliament in 1659.
Barnardiston supported Restoration and was created a baronet, of Ketton, by King Charles II on 7 April 1663.
Barnardiston died in 1669 and was buried at Kedington.[2]
Barnardiston married Anne Airmine daughter of Sir William Airmine, 1st Baronet of Osgodsby, Lincolnshire. He was succeeded by his son Thomas.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 John Burke, John Bernard Burke A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Barnardiston, Thomas (BNRN633T)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ↑ 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.
| Parliament of England | ||
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| Preceded by Sir Thomas Jermyn Henry Jermyn |
Member of Parliament for Bury St. Edmunds 1645-1653 With: Sir William Spring, 1st Baronet 1645-1648 |
Succeeded by Not represented in the Barebones Parliament |
| Preceded by Jacob Caley Francis Brewster Robert Dunkon John Clark
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Member of Parliament for Suffolk 1654-1659 With: Sir William Spring, 1st Baronet 1654 Sir T Bedingfield 1654 William Bloys 1654 -1656 John Gurdon 1654 William Gibbes 1654 -1656 John Brandling 1654 Alexander Bence 1654 John Sicklemore 1654 -1656 Thomas Bacon 1654 Henry Felton 1656 -1659 Henry North 1656 Edmund Harvey 1656 Edward Le Neve 1656 Robert Brewster 1656 Daniel Wall 1656 |
Succeeded by Not represented in restored Rump |
| Baronetage of England | ||
| New creation | Baronet (of Ketton) 1663–1669 |
Succeeded by Thomas Barnardiston |