Sir Thomas Rivers, 2nd Baronet

Sir Thomas Rivers, 2nd Baronet (died 1657) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1656.

Thomas Rivers, by Samuel Cooper after Peter Lely

Rivers was the son of James Rivers and his wife Charity Shirley, daughter of Sir John Shirley of Isfield Sussex. He succeeded his grandfather Sir John Rivers, 1st Baronet to the baronetcy in around 1651, his father having died earlier.[1]

In 1656, Rivers was elected Member of Parliament for Sussex in the First Protectorate Parliament.[2]

Rivers died unmarried in around 1657.[1]

References

Parliament of England
Preceded by
Herbert Morley
Sir Thomas Pelham, 2nd Baronet
Anthony Stapley
John Stapley
John Fagg
William Hay
John Pelham
Francis Lord Dacres
Herbert Springet
Member of Parliament for Sussex
1656
With: Herbert Morley
John Pelham
John Fagg
John Stapley
Anthony Shirley
George Courthope
Sir Thomas Parker
Samuel Gott
Succeeded by
Herbert Morley
Sir John Fagg, 1st Baronet
Baronetage of England
Preceded by
John Rivers
Baronet
(of Chafford)
1651–1657
Succeeded by
John Rivers
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