Sir Thomas Snagge (c.1564 – 1627) of

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, Bedfordshire, was an English

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and High Sheriff. He was the eldest son of the lawyer and MP

Thomas Snagge Thomas Snagge (1536–1593) was a Member of Parliament, barrister and landowner who served as Speaker of the English House of Commons, Attorney General for Ireland and as Queen's Sergeant.

and studied law at

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himself before succeeding his father to his Bedfordshire estates in 1593. He sat in Parliament for a single term in 1586/87 as the MP for

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and was knighted by King James I in 1603. He served as a

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for the county and was picked

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for 1607-08. He died in 1627 and was buried at Marston Moretaine. He had married a daughter of the Bedfordshire MP George Rotheram and left two sons, Thomas and Edward.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Snagge, Thomas, jnr 1560s births 1627 deaths People from Bedfordshire Members of Gray's Inn Knights Bachelor English MPs 1586–1587 High Sheriffs of Bedfordshire