Sir Thomas Meredyth (died 1677) was an Irish politician. Meredyth was the son of Richard Meredith and Sarah Bathow. He was admitted to

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in 1609 and to Lincoln's Inn in 1628. On 15 July 1630 he was knighted by his step-father,

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. Meredyth represented

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in the

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from 1634 to 1635.John O'Hart, ''The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry when Cromwell Came to Ireland'' (J. Duffey ; M. H. Gill & son, 1892), p.46. He married Letitia Fortescue and they had two sons, Charles and

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, and two daughters.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Meredyth, Thomas Year of birth uncertain 1677 deaths 17th-century Anglo-Irish people Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Irish MPs 1634–1635 Knights Bachelor Members of Lincoln's Inn Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Carlow constituencies

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