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Sir Baynham Throckmorton, 3rd Baronet

1629 – 1681

Member of the Parliament of England

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Lived 1629 – 1681 (aged 51–52). Sir Baynham Throckmorton, 3rd Baronet was an English politician.

Arms of Throckmorton: Gules, on a chevron argent three bars gemelles sable. Crest: A falcon rising proper belled and jessed or. Mottos: (1): Virtus Sola Nobilitas (Virtue is the only nobility); (2): Moribus Antiquis (With ancient manners)

Sir Baynham Throckmorton, 3rd Baronet (11 December 1629 – 31 July 1681) of Clearwell, Gloucestershire was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1656 and 1679.

Throckmorton was the son of Sir Baynham Throckmorton, 2nd Baronet (c. 1606–64) and his wife Margaret Hopton, daughter of Robert Hopton.

In 1656, Throckmorton was elected Member of Parliament for Gloucestershire in the Second Protectorate Parliament.

Throckmorton was knighted on 28 May 1660. In June 1660 he was elected MP for Wotton Basset in a by-election to the Convention Parliament.

Throckmorton died at the age of 51.

Throckmorton married firstly Mary Garton, daughter of Giles Garton of Billinghurst, Sussex on 12 December 1652. He married secondly Katherine Edgecombe, daughter of Piers Edgecumbe of Mount Edgecombe on 21 December 1669. He had a daughter from each marriage and his daughter Katherine by the second marriage married Thomas Wylde, MP for Worcester. The baronetcy passed to his cousin, Sir William Throckmorton, 4th Baronet, and Clearwell was sold in 1684 to Francis Wyndham of Ufford's Manor, Norfolk.

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Important facts

Birth century
Died
1681
Occupation
Nationality
Positions held
Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, Member of the Second Protectorate Parliament, Member of the April 1660 Parliament, Member of the 1661-79 Parliament
Awards
Knight Bachelor
Also known as
Baynham Throckmorton, Sir Baynham Throckmorton, 3rd Bt.

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Member of the Parliament of England

When was Sir Baynham Throckmorton, 3rd Baronet born?

Sir Baynham Throckmorton, 3rd Baronet was born on 11 December 1629.

When did Sir Baynham Throckmorton, 3rd Baronet die?

Sir Baynham Throckmorton, 3rd Baronet died in 1681.

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Sir Baynham Throckmorton, 3rd Baronet was a politician.

What nationality was Sir Baynham Throckmorton, 3rd Baronet?

Sir Baynham Throckmorton, 3rd Baronet was English.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Sir Baynham Throckmorton, 3rd Baronet

· Wikidata: Q16863804

· DBpedia: Sir Baynham Throckmorton, 3rd Baronet

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