Thomas Fisher (Australian Politician)
Thomas Fisher may refer to: *Thomas Fisher (MP) (died 1577), English politician * Thomas Fisher (died 1613), MP for Taunton *Thomas Fisher (antiquary) (1772–1836), English antiquary *Thomas Fisher (Upper Canada) (1792–1874), English-Canadian road builder, land developer, Squire, and Etobicoke Township pioneer * Thomas Henry (illustrator) (Thomas Henry Fisher, 1879–1962), English illustrator *Thomas Cathrew Fisher (1871–1929), Anglican colonial bishop * Thomas L. Fisher, special effects artist of ''Titanic'' See also * Tom Fisher (other) *Thomas Fischer (other) Thomas Fischer may refer to: * Thomas Fischer (actor), cast member of the 1970 German film ''Hotel by the Hour'' * Thomas Fischer (basketball), played on Germany's team in Wheelchair basketball at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, the 2004 Summer Paraly ...

Thomas Fisher (MP)
Thomas Fisher or Hawkins (died 1577), was an English politician. Early life He was of obscure origin and was usually known by the name of Fisher, because his father was a fishmonger in Warwick. His ability recommended him to John Dudley, Viscount Lisle, who took him into his service, and on 4 May 1542 constituted him high steward and bailiff of his manor of Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire. For his exercise of that office during life Fisher had an annuity granted to him, which was confirmed in the reign of Mary I. He became one of the two Members of Parliament for Warwick. Dissolution of the monasteries He contrived to accumulate a vast estate in monastery and church lands. In 1546 he obtained the site of St Sepulchre's Priory, Warwick, with the lands adjacent, and proceeded to pull the monastery to the ground, raising in the place of it a house Hawkyns-nest, or Hawks-nest, also the 'Priory'; now the estate is Priory Park. In 1547, Bishop's Itchington, Warwickshire, being ...
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Thomas Fisher (died 1613)
Thomas Fisher may refer to: *Thomas Fisher (MP) (died 1577), English politician * Thomas Fisher (died 1613), MP for Taunton *Thomas Fisher (antiquary) (1772–1836), English antiquary *Thomas Fisher (Upper Canada) (1792–1874), English-Canadian road builder, land developer, Squire, and Etobicoke Township pioneer * Thomas Henry (illustrator) (Thomas Henry Fisher, 1879–1962), English illustrator *Thomas Cathrew Fisher (1871–1929), Anglican colonial bishop *Thomas L. Fisher, special effects artist of ''Titanic'' See also * Tom Fisher (other) *Thomas Fischer (other) Thomas Fischer may refer to: * Thomas Fischer (actor), cast member of the 1970 German film ''Hotel by the Hour'' * Thomas Fischer (basketball), played on Germany's team in Wheelchair basketball at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, the 2004 Summer Paraly ...

Taunton (UK Parliament Constituency)
Taunton was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and its predecessors from 1295 to 2010, taking its name from the town of Taunton in Somerset. Until 1918, it was a parliamentary borough, electing two Member of Parliaments (MPs) between 1295 and 1885 and one from 1885 to 1918; the name was then transferred to a county constituency, electing one MP. In the boundary changes that came into effect at the general election of 2010, the Boundary Commission for England replaced Taunton with a modified constituency called Taunton Deane, to reflect the district name. The new constituency's boundaries are coterminous with the local government district of the same name. History Famous MPs for the borough include Thomas Cromwell. The 1754 by-election was so fiercely contested that rioting broke out in which two people died. In the 2005 general election, the victorious Liberal Democrats candidate in Taunton required the smallest per ...
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