Thomas Stafford (MP)
Sir Thomas Stafford (c. 1574 โ 1655) was an English courtier, politician, and historian of the Irish Wars. He sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1593 and 1625.
Stafford was the illegitimate son of
Gentleman Usher of the Privy Chamber to Queen Anne. In 1621, he was elected MP for Helston. He was elected MP for Bodmin in 1624. He was also Gentleman Usher to Queen Henrietta Maria.[1]
Stafford married
Stafford's will was made in 1653 and proved by his widow in February 1655. He was buried in the same tomb as the Earl of Totnes in the Church of the Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, with a Latin inscription mentioning military service in Ireland.[3]
References
- ^ History of Parliament Online - Thomas Stafford
- ^ See Huygens's letters to Lady Stafford here; 'Woodhouse, Mary', Briefwisseling van Constantijn Huygens 1607-1687, Huygens ING/
- ^ William Dugdale, History of Warwickshire (London, 1656), p. 518.