Thomas Luttrell (1583–1644) was an English politician from

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in Somerset. In 1625 he sat in the Useless Parliament as a Member of Parliament (MP) for his family's

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. Thomas Luttrell was the oldest son of George Luttrell of Dunster Castle and was baptized on 26 Feb 1583.Somerset Heritage Service, Somerset, England
Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1531-1812
(Taunton, Somerset, England), Reference Number: D\P\du/2/1/1. He was educated at

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and at

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. He had inherited seven manors in north-west Somerset, and held numerous public offices in the county including Deputy Lieutenant from 1629 to at least 1640, and

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in 1631–32. Thomas Luttrell married Jane Popham, daughter of Sir Francis Popham and his wife Ann Dudley, on 15 May 1621 in Stoke Newington St Mary Parish, Hackney District, Middlesex, England. Their children: # George Luttrell, died 1655. # Alexander Luttrell, baptized 01 Mar 1622.England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 (Salt Lake City, Utah, Family Search, 2013). # Thomas Luttrell, baptized 08 Mar 1627, died 2 Apr 1627.Lyte, Henry Churchill Maxwell, Sir, (1848-1940)
A History of Dunster and of the Families of Mohun & Luttrell
(London, England, The St. Catherine Press Ltd., 1909), Volume 1, Page 184. # Francis Luttrell, baptized 01 Nov 1628, buried 14 Mar 1665. # Amye Luttrell, baptized 26 Jun 1629.

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1583 births 1644 deaths

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English MPs 1625 Alumni of Lincoln College, Oxford Members of Lincoln's Inn Deputy lieutenants of Somerset High sheriffs of Somerset {{1625-England-MP-stub

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