Thomas Fitzjames (c. 1624 – 1705) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659 and 1660. Fitzjames was the son of Leweston Fitzjames of

Leweston, Dorset Leweston School is an independent school, independent day and boarding school near Sherborne in Dorset, England. The school is co-educational in the Nursery and Preparatory School and follows the co-educational Diamond school, diamond model in t ...

. He matriculated at

Lincoln College, Oxford Lincoln College (formally, The College of the Blessed Mary and All Saints, Lincoln) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford, situated on Turl Street in central Oxford. Lincoln was founded in 1427 by Richard Fleming, the ...

on 25 January 1639, aged 16. He was called to the bar at

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in 1649. 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Faber-Flood', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp. 480-509. Date accessed: 17 March 2011
/ref> In 1659, Fitzjames was elected

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...

for Downton in the

Third Protectorate Parliament The Third Protectorate Parliament sat for one session, from 27 January 1659 until 22 April 1659, with Chaloner Chute and Thomas Bampfylde as the Speakers of the House of Commons. It was a bicameral Parliament, with an Upper House having a powe ...

. He was then of Nurfland.History of Parliament Online - Fitzjames, Thomas
/ref> In April 1660 he was re-elected MP for Downton in the Convention Parliament but as there was a double return, his election was declared void on 9 May. Fitzjames was the brother of Henry Fitzjames and

John Fitzjames Sir John Fitzjames (c. 1465/70 – c. 1542) was Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench from 1526 until 1539. Sir John was a nephew of Richard Fitzjames, Bishop of London during the Hunne case. Sir John had also been Recorder of Bristol, Attorney- ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fitzjames, Thomas 1624 births 1705 deaths Politicians from Dorset Alumni of Lincoln College, Oxford Members of the Middle Temple People from Downton, Wiltshire English MPs 1659 English MPs 1660