Thomas Wenman, 2nd Viscount Wenman (1596 – 25 January 1665), was an English landowner and politician who sat in the

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at various times between 1621 and 1660. Wenman was the only son of

Richard Wenman, 1st Viscount Wenman Richard Wenman, 1st Viscount Wenman (1573–1640), was an English soldier and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1621 and 1625. He was created Viscount Wenman in the Peerage of Ireland in 1628. Life Wenman was the eldest son of ...

, by Agnes, eldest surviving daughter of Sir George Fermor, of

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. He took part in the settlement of Ireland and was granted lands in

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in the King's County.Archdall, Mervyn. ''The Peerage of Ireland, or the Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of that Kingdom. Volume IV''.
/ref> He also sat as Member of Parliament for

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from 1621 to 1622 and 1624 to 1625 and for

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in 1626, from November 1640 to 1648 and in 1660.History of Parliament Online - Wenman, Thomas, 2nd Visct.
/ref> He was appointed by the

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to be one of the commissioners to carry the propositions for peace to

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in 1643 and was also a commissioner for the

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in 1645 and the

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in 1648. In 1645 he was granted £4 a week by Parliament for damages caused by the King's forces at his

estate. Lord Wenman married Margaret, daughter of Edmund Hampden. He died without surviving male issue in January 1665 and was succeeded by his younger brother,

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