Sir Thomas Hutchinson (4 September 1589 – 18 August 1643) was an English MP. He was born at

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, the family estate in Nottinghamshire, the son of Thomas Hutchinson of Cropwell Butler and Lady Jane Sacheverell. He became Lord of Radcliffe. He was educated at the

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in Pembroke College, which he entered in 1606, and studied law at

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which he entered in 1609. He had succeeded to his father's estates as a minor in 1599. In 1613, he was attacked in London when alighting from a

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boat by a guardian who cut off two or three of Hutchinson's fingers. Helped by a waterman, Hutchinson retaliated, biting a greater part of his assailant's nose off. He was knighted at Hitchinbrook in 1617 by King

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and appointed

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in 1620. He was elected MP for

in 1626 and again to the Short and Long Parliaments of 1640. He was a close friend of the King who gave him many important missions as a trusted friend. His first marriage was to Lady Margaret Byron, daughter of Sir John Byron Jr, of Clayton and later

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and Lady Margaret FitzWilliams. His second marriage was to Lady Catherine Stanhope of Shelford. She was the daughter of

Sir John Stanhope Sir John Stanhope (1559 – 1611) was an English knight and landowner, and father of Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield. Career John Stanhope was the son of Sir Thomas Stanhope (d. 1596) of Shelford Priory, Shelford Manor, Nottinghamshir ...

and Lady Catherine Trentham. He died in London in 1643 aged 53 and was buried at the church of

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Family

Married Alice Ingoldsby, daughter of George and Mary Ingoldsby. Children: * Richard Hutchinson who married Alice Bosworth. They were early settlers in the Americas arriving in 1634 Married Lady Margaret Byron. Children: * John Hutchinson (colonel) who married Lucy Apsley; great grandparents of Elizabeth Jackson mother of President

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* George Hutchinson who married Lady Barbara Apsley Married Lady Katherine Stanhope 1631 of Shelford. Children * Charles Hutchinson (M.P.) was a M.P. as well as a Deputy Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire in 1694 who married Isabella Boteler. * Stanhope Hutchinson * Isabella Hutchinson who married

Charles Cotton Charles Cotton (28 April 1630 – 16 February 1687) was an English poet and writer, best known for translating the work of Michel de Montaigne from the French, for his contributions to ''The Compleat Angler'', and for the influential ''The Comp ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hutchinson, Thomas (MP) 1580s births 1643 deaths People from Rushcliffe (district) High Sheriffs of Nottinghamshire English MPs 1626 English MPs 1640 (April) English MPs 1640–1648 Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge