Thomas Baker (died 1625), of
Whittingham Hall in
Fressingfield
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, Suffolk and
Leyton, Essex
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, was an English politician.
Early life
Baker was the son of
Sir Richard Baker (d. 1594),
MP for Lancaster, Horsham, New Shoreham and New Romney, and his first wife, Katherine Tyrrell, the daughter of Sir John Tirrell and stepdaughter of Sir
William Petre
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Educated ...
.
His father was the eldest son of
Sir John Baker,
Chancellor of the Exchequer and, his second wife, Elizabeth Dineley. His paternal uncle was
John
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, and one of his aunts, Cecily Baker, was the wife of
Thomas Sackville, Lord Buckhurst.
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Career
He was a
Member of Parliament
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(MP) for
Arundel in 1601.
Personal life
He married Constance Kingsmill, a daughter of
William Kingsmill.
[Bernard Burke, ''Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry'', vol. 1 (London, 1868), p. 52.]
References
16th-century births
1625 deaths
16th-century English politicians
People from Leyton
People from Mid Suffolk District
English MPs 1601
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