Sir Thomas Sebright, 4th Baronet (1692–1736) of Beechwood Park was an English landowner and politician who sat in the

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from 1715 to 1736. Sebright was born on 11 May 1692, the eldest son of Sir Edward Sebright, 3rd Baronet of Besford, Worcestershire and his wife Anne Saunders, daughter and coheiress of Thomas Saunders of

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. He succeeded his father in the

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on 15 December 1702. He matriculated at

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on 3 June 1705 In November 1718, he married Henrietta Dashwood, daughter of Sir Samuel Dashwood, MP and Lord Mayor of London. Sebright had inherited from his mother the Beechwood estate in Hertfordshire. He was elected Member of Parliament for

at the 1715 general election. He was re-elected at the succeeding elections of

1722 Events January–March * January 27 – Daniel Defoe's novel '' Moll Flanders'' is published anonymously in London. * February 10 – The Battle of Cape Lopez begins off of the coast of West Africa (and present-day Gabon), ...

1727 Events January–March * January 1 – (December 21, 1726 O.S.) Spain's ambassador to Great Britain demands that the British return Gibraltar after accusing Britain of violating the terms of the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht. Britain ...

and

1734 Events January– March * January 8 – Salzburgers, Lutherans who were expelled by the Roman Catholic Bishop of Salzburg, Austria, in October 1731, set sail for the British Colony of Georgia in America. * February 16 – ...

. Sebright died on 12 April 1736. He was a notable book collector. He left two sons, of whom Thomas inherited the baronetcy.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sebright, Sir Thomas, 4th Baronet 1692 births 1736 deaths British MPs 1715–1722 British MPs 1722–1727 British MPs 1727–1734 British MPs 1734–1741 Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Hertfordshire Baronets in the Baronetage of England Alumni of Jesus College, Oxford