Sir Timothy Littleton ( c 1608 – 2 April 1679 ) was an English judge and politician who sat in the

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between 1660 and 1670. Littleton was the son of Sir Edward Littleton of Henley Shropshire and his wife Mary Walter, daughter of Edward Walter of

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. His father was chief justice of North Wales. Littleton became a lawyer and was serjeant-at-law. In 1660, Littleton was elected

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for

in the Convention Parliament.History of Parliament Online – Littleton, Timothy
/ref> He was re-elected MP for Ludlow in 1661 in the

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and sat until 1670 when he became

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. After the

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in 1666, Littleton was a judge at the Fire Court set up under the

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to hear cases relating to property destroyed in the fire. The artist

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was commissioned to paint portraits of all 22 judges that had sat in the Fire Court. He was knighted at Whitehall on 29 June 1671.Knights of England
/ref> Littleton died at the age of 70 and was buried in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Littleton, Timothy 1600s births 1679 deaths Year of birth uncertain 17th-century English judges Serjeants-at-law (England) Politicians from Ludlow English MPs 1660 English MPs 1661–1679