Thomas Fanshawe (1607–1651) was an English politician who sat in the

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from 1640 to 1642.

Life

Fanshawe was the son of Sir Thomas Fanshawe of Jenkins, Barking, Essex. He was admitted at the

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in 1620 and matriculated from

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in 1622, being awarded MA in 1624. He was called to the bar in 1630 and became a bencher. In November 1640, Fanshawe was elected MP for Lancaster in the

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. He was disabled from sitting in September 1642.

Family

Fanshawe married Susan, daughter of Matthias Otten of Putney. They had a son,

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, Member of Parliament for Essex, and a daughter Alice who married John Fanshawe of Parsloes.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fanshawe, Thomas 1607 births 1651 deaths Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Members of the Inner Temple Place of birth missing People from Lancaster, Lancashire English MPs 1640–1648 Fanshawe family