Sir Thomas Hanmer, 2nd Baronet (1612 – 1678) was an English politician who sat in the

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in 1640 and from 1669 to 1678. He was a

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during the

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and raised troops for

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. In his personal life, he was a keen horticulturist. He is not to be confused with Sir Thomas Hanmer, 2nd Baronet (1747–1828) of the second creation, nor with his grandson,

Sir Thomas Hanmer, 4th Baronet Sir Thomas Hanmer, 4th Baronet (24 September 1677 – 7 May 1746) was Speaker of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1714 to 1715, discharging the duties of the office with conspicuous impartiality. His second marriage was the subject o ...

Life

Hanmer was born in 1612, the eldest son of

Sir John Hanmer, 1st Baronet Sir John Hanmer, 1st Baronet (1590–1624) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England, House of Commons in 1624. Hanmer was the eldest son of Thomas Hanmer (died c.1619), Sir Thomas Hanmer, who was MP for Flintshire i ...

. His father was a Member of Parliament for

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and tended towards the Puritan side of Parliament. Hanmer was a page to Charles I from 1625 to 1627, and became the king's cupbearer. He was interested in horticulture and corresponded with other gardeners. With the death of his father, Hanmer inherited the Hanmer Baronetage, becoming the 2nd Baronet Hanmer. In April 1640, Hanmer was elected Member of Parliament for Flint Boroughs in the

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. Despite his uncle, Roger Hanmer, supporting Parliament during the Civil War, Thomas was a Royalist and was the

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of Charles I of England; and Charles proposed to his nephew,

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that Hanmer be made vice-president of

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. In 1669, Hanmer gained his second Parliamentary seat when he was elected as member for

, which he held until his death in 1678.

Family

Hanmer was married twice: his first marriage was to Elizabeth Baker, who eloped with the eccentric

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the Hon. Thomas Hervey, a son of

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; there were two surviving children of this marriage: a son

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, who succeeded him as 3rd Baronet: and a daughter, Trevor (1636-1670), who married Sir John Warner (1640-1705) of Parham, Sussex, who both converted to Catholicism; she became a Carthusian nun. Thomas Hamner married secondly Susan Hervey, daughter of Sir William Hervey, MP for Bury St. Edmunds. Of this marriage his son, William (born circa 1648 in

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, France), aged 15 went to

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; he married Peregrina, daughter and co-heiress of Sir Sir Henry North, 1st Baronet, of Mildenhall, Essex.Burke, John Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies''
/ref> Their children were Susanna (16 August 1676 – 23 September 1744), who married Sir Henry Bunbury of Rake Hall, Little Stanney, Cheshire; and

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, later 4th Baronet. John, the 3rd baronet died without issue in 1701; his younger brother William having already predeceased their father (the 2nd Baronet), William's son Thomas succeeded to the baronetcy. A daughter, Thomasin, married Robert Booth and died without issue on 14 May 1712.Wotton, Thomas. Kimber, Edward; Richard A. Johnson (eds.
''The Baronetage of England...'' London. (1771), p. 29

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Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for constituencies in Wales Cavaliers Welsh horticulturists English MPs 1640 (April) English MPs 1661–1679