Thomas Jones (died 1711)

Thomas Jones (died 8 October 1711) was a Member of Parliament for East Grinstead, Sussex in 1685.[1] A son of a judge, he was a nominee of Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset in the two-member constituency, and was opposed by the Tory John Conyers.[2] Conyers complained of the election to Parliament, in May 1685, but nothing was done with his petition.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "House of Commons". Leigh Rayment. Retrieved August 2, 2010.
  2. ↑ Basil Duke Henning, The House of Commons, 1660-1690, Volume 1 (1983), p. 422.
  3. ↑ Wallace Henry Hills, The History of East Grinstead (1906), p. 42; https://archive.org/stream/historyofeastgri00hilliala#page/42/mode/2up


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