Sir Thomas Fanshawe (1628–1705) was an English politician.

Life

He was the son of Thomas Fanshawe of Jenkins and his wife, Susan, daughter of Matthias Otten of Putney. In the West of England as a royalist of the

First English Civil War The First English Civil War took place in England and Wales from 1642 to 1646, and forms part of the 1639 to 1653 Wars of the Three Kingdoms. They include the Bishops' Wars, the Irish Confederate Wars, the Second English Civil War, the Anglo ...

with his father, in 1645–6, and arrested in 1659, Fanshawe was knighted in 1660 after the

English Restoration The Restoration of the Stuart monarchy in the kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland took place in 1660 when King Charles II returned from exile in continental Europe. The preceding period of the Protectorate and the civil wars came to be ...

. He held the post of Clerk of the Crown in the King's Bench, as his father had done. He became Member of Parliament for in 1685.

Family

Fanshawe married first Margaret, daughter of Sir Edward Heath of Cottesmore, who died in 1674; and secondly Elizabeth, daughter of

Thomas Fanshawe, 1st Viscount Fanshawe Thomas Fanshawe, 1st Viscount Fanshawe KB (1596 – 30 March 1665) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1661. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. Following the Res ...

. Susannah, who married Baptist Noel and was mother of

Baptist Noel, 3rd Earl of Gainsborough Baptist Noel, 3rd Earl of Gainsborough (1684 – 17 April 1714) was an English peer and Member of Parliament. Early life Baptist Noel was born in 1684. He was the son of Baptist Noel and cousin of Wriothesley Noel, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough. Ca ...

, was a daughter of the first marriage. On her death in 1714, the house at Jenkins passed to her daughter of the same name, who sold it in 1717 to

Sir William Humfreys, 1st Baronet Sir William Humfreys, 1st Baronet (also spelled Humphreys; died 26 October 1735), was a British ironmonger and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1715 to 1722. He was Lord Mayor of London for 1714–15 and a Director of the Bank of En ...

. It was replaced by one in the Queen Anne style.'The ancient parish of Barking: Manors', in ''A History of the County of Essex'': Volume 5, ed. W. R .Powell (London, 1966), pp. 190–214 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/essex/vol5/pp190-214 ccessed 24 May 2015 Sir Thomas Fanshawe of Jenkins (1628–1705) and His Wife, Margaret (1635–1674)

Sir Thomas Fanshawe of Jenkins (1628–1705) and His Wife, Margaret (1635–1674)

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fanshawe, Thomas 1628 births 1705 deaths English MPs 1685–1687 Cavaliers Knights Bachelor Fanshawe family