Thomas Dacres (1609–1668) was an English politician who sat in the

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from 1646 to 1648. Dacres was the son of Sir Thomas Dacres of Cheshunt, Hertfordshire. He matriculated at

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on 16 October 1629 aged 20 and was awarded MA on 12 November 1629 when he was "about to go with his Majesty's ambassador into foreign parts" He was at

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in 1631. 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500–1714: Dabbe-Dirkin', Alumni Oxonienses 1500–1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp. 366–405. Date accessed: 15 March 2011
/ref> In 1632 he was awarded MA at

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. In 1646, Dacres was elected

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for

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in the

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. He sat until he was excluded under

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in 1648. Dacres was knighted in 1660. He died in 1668.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dacres, Thomas 1609 births 1668 deaths English MPs 1640–1648 Alumni of Exeter College, Oxford Alumni of the University of Cambridge Members of Lincoln's Inn Members of the Parliament of England for Callington