Sir Thomas Salusbury, 2nd Baronet (March 1612 – 1643) was a

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and soldier, who supported King

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and was a colonel of a

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regiment.

Life

Salusbury was born in March 1612, the eldest son of Sir Henry Salusbury of Lleweni, the first of the Salusbury Baronets. After spending some time at

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, without taking a degree, he entered the

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in November 1631 but left in July 1632 on the death of his father to take control of the family estate at

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. He was a member of the commission of the peace for

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and

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and was elected to the common council of the

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corporation in 1632. He was MP for Denbighshire in the

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of 1640, but said little; his relative Sir Thomas Myddleton succeeded him in the

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. During the

he was on the side of

, becoming colonel of a royalist regiment (

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) recruited from North Wales. His efforts on behalf of the King led to the House of Commons calling him a traitor. He fought at the

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and was awarded an honorary DCL Oxford degree by the King a few days later. He fell ill at Worcester and died, being buried in the family vault at Whitchurch on 13 July 1643.

Poetry

Salusbury was regarded as a noted poet, but only ''The History of Joseph'' was published when he was alive (in 1636), although there are manuscripts of other poems and dramatic works. Anthony Wood (1632–1695) wrote that "having a natural geny to poetry and romance", he became "a most noted poet of his time"; but his only known production is ''The History of Joseph'' (London, 1636,

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), "a very rare poem" and a "scarce volume", dedicated to Lady Myddelton or Middleton, fourth wife and widow of the author's grandfather, Sir Thomas Myddelton, as an acknowledgement of her care for him in his youth. Among the commendatory verses printed at the beginning are some by two kinsmen of the author (John Salusbury senior and junior respectively), the latter most probably being of Bachegraig, Flintshire, and an ancestor of Mrs. Piozzi.

Family

He was survived by his wife, Hester (daughter of Sir Edward Tyrrell, 1st Baronet, of Thornton, Buckinghamshire and Elizabeth Kingsmill), by his sons, the 3rd Baronet

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, the 4th and last Baronet

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and a daughter, Hester, who married Sir Robert Cotton.

Notes

References

* * ;Attribution * {{DEFAULTSORT:Salusbury, Thomas, 2nd 1612 births 1643 deaths Alumni of Jesus College, Oxford English MPs 1640 (April) Cavaliers Baronets in the Baronetage of England 17th-century Welsh poets

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