Sir Theophilus Biddulph, 1st Baronet (1612 – 25 March 1683) was the son of Michael Biddulph of Elmhurst,

Staffordshire Staffordshire (; postal abbreviation Staffs.) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. It borders Cheshire to the northwest, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, Warwickshire to the southeast, the West Midlands Cou ...

. He was a London Silkman who was knighted in 1660 and created a baronet in the

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on 2 November 1664. His residence was Westcombe Manor, Greenwich, Kent. He was Member of Parliament for London 1656–1659 and for Lichfield,

1661–1679. He is mentioned in the diary of

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for 1664–5. He died at Greenwich aged 72, and was buried 14 April 1683 at Stow Church, Lichfield and was succeeded by his son Michael. His brother Michael was also MP for Lichfield.

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