Thomas Luttrell (1583–1644)
Thomas Luttrell (1583–1644) was an English politician from Dunster Castle in Somerset. In 1625 he sat in the Useless Parliament as a Member of Parliament (MP) for his family's pocket borough of Minehead.[1]
Lutrell was the oldest of George Luttrell of Dunster Castle. He was educated at Lincoln College, Oxford and at Lincoln's Inn.[1] 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 Sheriff in 1631–32.[1]
Thomas Luttrell married Jane Popham, daughter of Sir Francis Popham and his wife Ann Dudley and together they had three known children, George, Francis and Thomas.
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- ^ a b c Yerby, George; Hunneyball, Paul (2010). Andrew Thrush; John P. Ferris (eds.). "LUTTRELL, Thomas (1583–1644), of Dunster Castle, Som". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690–1715. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
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- 1583 births
- 1644 deaths
- Luttrell family (of Dunster)
- English MPs 1625
- Alumni of Lincoln College, Oxford
- Members of Lincoln's Inn
- Deputy Lieutenants of Somerset
- High Sheriffs of Somerset
- 17th-century English MP stubs