Sir Thomas Smith was an English politician who sat in the

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between 1640 and 1644. Smith was the son of Laurence Smith, of

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and his wife Anne Mainwaring, daughter of Sir Randall Mainwaring of

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/ref> He was knighted on 21 July 1615.Knights of England
/ref> In 1622, he was mayor of the city of Chester and in 1623

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. Smith was an alderman of Chester and in April 1640, was elected

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for City of Chester in the Short Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Chester for the

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in November 1640. Smith was disabled from sitting in parliament on 22 January 1644 for supporting the King. Smith married Mary Smith, daughter of Sir Hugh Smith, of Long Ashton, Somerset, and had twenty-two children. His son

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became a

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