Thomas Baker (died 1625), of
Whittingham Hall Whittingham may refer to:
*Whittingham (surname)
Places
* Whittingham, Lancashire, England
* Whittingham, Northumberland, England
* Whittingham, New Jersey, a US unincorporated area
* Whittingham, New South Wales
Whittingham is a locality in t ...
in
Fressingfield, Suffolk and
Leyton, Essex, was an English politician.
Early life
Baker was the son of
Sir Richard Baker (d. 1594),
MP for Lancaster, Horsham, New Shoreham and New Romney, and his first wife, Katherine Tyrrell, the daughter of Sir John Tirrell and stepdaughter of Sir
William Petre.
His father was the eldest son of
Sir John Baker John Baker or Jon Baker may refer to:
Military figures
*John Baker (American Revolutionary War) (1731–1787), American Revolutionary War hero, for whom Baker County, Georgia was named
*John Baker (RAF officer) (1897–1978), British air marshal
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,
Chancellor of the Exchequer
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and, his second wife, Elizabeth Dineley. His paternal uncle was
John, and one of his aunts, Cecily Baker, was the wife of
Thomas Sackville, Lord Buckhurst
Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset (153619 April 1608) was an English statesman, poet, and dramatist. He was the son of Richard Sackville, a cousin to Anne Boleyn. He was a Member of Parliament and Lord High Treasurer.
Biography Early life ...
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Career
He was a
Member of Parliament (MP) for
Arundel
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The much-conserved town has a medieval castle and Roman Catholic cathedral. Arundel has a museum and comes second behind much large ...
in 1601.
Personal life
He married Constance Kingsmill, a daughter of
William Kingsmill.
[Bernard Burke, ''Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry'', vol. 1 (London, 1868), p. 52.]
References
16th-century births
1625 deaths
16th-century English politicians
People from Leyton
People from Mid Suffolk District
English MPs 1601
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