Sir Thomas Rivers, 2nd Baronet (died 1657) was an English politician who sat in the
House of Commons
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in 1656.
Rivers was the son of
James Rivers and his wife Charity Shirley, daughter of Sir John Shirley of Isfield Sussex. He succeeded his grandfather Sir John Rivers, 1st Baronet to the
baronetcy
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in around 1651, his father having died earlier.
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In 1656, Rivers was elected Member of Parliament
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for Sussex
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in the First Protectorate Parliament
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References
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Year of birth missing
1657 deaths
English MPs 1656–1658
Baronets in the Baronetage of England