Sir Thomas Biggs, 1st Baronet (c. 1577 – 11 June 1621), was an English politician. Biggs was the son of Sir Thomas Biggs, of Lenchwick,

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, by Ursula Throckmorton, daughter of Clement Throckmorton, of Haseley,

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. He was educated at

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. He represented

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in Parliament in 1614 and again in 1621. In 1620 he was created a

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, of Lenchwick in the County of Worcester.George Edward Cokayne ''Complete Baronetage, Volume 1'' 1900
/ref> He sold the family estates at Lenchwick and Norton to Lord Craven.Burke, John, Burke, John Bernard. ''A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England.''
/ref> Bigg married Anne Witham, daughter of William Witham, of Leadstone (

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. They had no children. He died in June 1621 when the baronetcy became extinct. Lady Bigg married as her second husband Sir John Walter.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Biggs, Thomas 1621 deaths Alumni of The Queen's College, Oxford Baronets in the Baronetage of England 1570s births English MPs 1614 English MPs 1621–1622