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Sir Thomas Wharton KB (c. 1615 – 30 October 1684) was an English politician who sat in the

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in 1659 and 1660. Wharton was the son of Sir Thomas Wharton of

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and his wife Lady Philadelphia Carey, daughter of

Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth (ca. 1560 – 12 April 1639) (or "Cary") was an English nobleman and courtier. He was the youngest son of Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon, chamberlain and first cousin of Queen Elizabeth I, and Anne Morgan, daug ...

. His father died in 1622. He was educated at

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from 1624 to 1625 and matriculated at

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on 3 March 1626, aged 11. He was created

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on 2 February 1626. From 1629 to 1632 he travelled abroad in France and entered

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in 1638.History of Parliament Online - Wharton, Sir Thomas
/ref> In 1659, Wharton was elected

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for

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in the

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.Browne Willis ''Notitia parliamentaria, or, An history of the counties, cities, and boroughs in England and Wales: ... The whole extracted from mss. and printed evidences'' 1750 pp259-269
/ref> He was re-elected MP for Westmorland in 1660 for the Convention Parliament. He was

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along with his son Philip from 1681-1684. Wharton married firstly in 1645, his cousin Lady Mary Carey daughter of

Henry Carey, 1st Earl of Dover Henry Carey, 1st Earl of Dover (ca. 158013 April 1666) of Hunsdon, Hertfordshire was an English peer and Member of Parliament. Life Carey was the son of John Carey, 3rd Baron Hunsdon. Cambridge University awarded him an honorary MA in 1607. He wa ...

and had a son, Philip, and three daughters. She died in June 1672 and he married secondly by licence dated 20 April 1677, Jane Robinson, widow of Leonard Robinson of Ravensworth, Yorkshire and daughter of Rowland Dand of Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire. They had two daughters. His elder brother

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inherited the

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from their grandfather. Thomas Wharton son Philip was the father of Mary Wharton, the divorced wife of James Campbell of Burnbank, Lanarkshire and daughter and heiress of the Hon Philip Wharton, of Edlington, Yorkshire, son of Sir Thomas Wharton, on 17 March 1692. Mary was just 13 years old when she was abducted from her carriage and forced to marry Campbell. Her two-day marriage was annulled by an Act of Parliament in 1690; she married her cousin Robert Byerly

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wharton, Thomas 1615 births 1684 deaths People educated at Eton College Year of birth uncertain People from Westmorland Place of birth missing English MPs 1659 English MPs 1660 Knights of the Bath Members of Lincoln's Inn