Thomas Jones (died 8 October 1711) was a

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

East Grinstead East Grinstead is a town in West Sussex, England, near the East Sussex, Surrey, and Kent borders, south of London, northeast of Brighton, and northeast of the county town of Chichester. Situated in the extreme northeast of the county, the civ ...

, Sussex in 1685. A son of a judge, he was a nominee of

Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset and 1st Earl of Middlesex, KG (24 January 164329 January 1706) was an English poet and courtier. Early life Sackville was born on 24 January 1643, son of Richard Sackville, 5th Earl of Dorset (1622–1677) ...

in the two-member constituency, and was opposed by the Tory John Conyers. Conyers complained of the election to Parliament, in May 1685, but nothing was done with his petition.Wallace Henry Hills, ''The History of East Grinstead'' (1906), p. 42; https://archive.org/stream/historyofeastgri00hilliala#page/42/mode/2up

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