Sir Thomas Monson, 1st Baronet
Sir Thomas Monson English Parliament for Lincolnshire | |
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| In office 1597–1598 Serving with William Pelham | |
| Preceded by | Sir Edward Dymoke George St Paul |
| Succeeded by | John Sheffield William Wray |
| Member of the English Parliament for Castle Rising | |
| In office 1604–1611 Serving with Sir Robert Townshend | |
| Preceded by | John Peyton Robert Townshend |
| Succeeded by | Sir Robert Wynde Thomas Byng |
| Member of the English Parliament for Cricklade | |
| In office 1614–1614 Serving with Sir John Eyre | |
| Preceded by | Sir John Hungerford Sir Henry Poole |
| Succeeded by | Sir Thomas Howard Sir Carew Reynell |
Sir Thomas Monson, 1st Baronet (1565 – 29 May 1641) was an
Background
Sir Thomas was the son of Sir John Monson of South Carlton, Lincolnshire, a past High Sheriff of Lincolnshire. Sir Thomas's younger brother was Admiral Sir William Monson. Thomas was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford, matriculating at the age of fifteen in December 1579, and at Gray's Inn, where he was admitted a student in 1583.
Career
Sir Thomas was appointed a
in 1614.Under
He was created a hereditary
Family
He died in 1641 and was buried in South Carlton. He had married Margaret Anderson, the daughter of Sir Edmund Anderson, with whom he had four sons and five daughters. His eldest son and heir was John Monson (1600–1683), a member of parliament under Charles I.
His nephew,
References
- ^ Edmund Lodge, Illustrations of British History, vol. 3 (London, 1791), p. 208.
- Bradley, Emily Tennyson (1894). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 38. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 198, 199.
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bradley, Emily Tennyson (1894). "Monson, Thomas". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 38. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 198, 199.
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