Sir Thomas Barnardiston, 2nd Baronet

Sir Thomas Barnardiston, 2nd Baronet (c. 1646 – 7 October 1698) was an English nobleman and politician.

Life

Barnardiston was the son of Sir Thomas Barnardiston, 1st Baronet and Anne Airmine, daughter of Sir William Airmine, 1st Baronet.[1] He was admitted to Gray's Inn on 19 June 1667.[2] He succeeded to his father's title on 4 October 1669.

Between 1685 and 1690 Barnardiston served as the Member of Parliament for Great Grimsby in the House of Commons of England. From 1690 to 1698 he was the MP for Sudbury.[3]

He married Elizabeth King, the daughter of Sir Robert King of Boyle Abbey, Roscommon, in the Kingdom of Ireland. They had four sons, three of whom later inherited their father's baronetcy.[4]

References

  1. A. Collins, The English Baronetage: Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the English Baronets, Now Existing, Volume III Part II (Thomas Wotton, London 1741), p. 400 (Google).
  2. J. Foster (ed.), The Register of Admissions to Gray's Inn, 1521-1889 (Hansard, London 1889), p. 302 (Hathi Trust).
  3. P. Watson, 'Barnardiston, Sir Thomas, 2nd Bt. (c.1646-98), of Kedington, Suff. and Silk Willoughby, Lincs.', in B.D. Henning (ed.), The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1660-1690 (from Boydell and Brewer 1983), History of Parliament Online.
  4. Collins, The English Baronetage III Part II (1741), p. 400.
Parliament of England
Preceded by
George Pelham
William Broxholme
Member of Parliament for Great Grimsby
1685–1690
With: Sir Edward Ayscough
Succeeded by
John Chaplin
Preceded by
John Robinson
Philip Gurdon
Member of Parliament for Sudbury
1690–1698
With: Samuel Kekewich
Succeeded by
John Gurdon
Baronetage of England
Preceded by
Sir Thomas Barnardiston
Baronet
(of Ketton)
1669–1698
Succeeded by
Sir Thomas Barnardiston


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