About Sir Theophilus Biddulph, 1st Baronet
Lived 1612 – 1683 (aged 70–71). Sir Theophilus Biddulph, 1st Baronet was an English politician and merchant.
Sir Theophilus Biddulph, 1st Baronet (1612 – 25 March 1683) was the son of Michael Biddulph of Elmhurst, Staffordshire.
He was a London Silkman who was knighted in 1660 and created a baronet in the Baronetage of England on 2 November 1664. His residence was Westcombe Manor, Greenwich, Kent.
He was Member of Parliament for London 1656–1659 and for Lichfield, Staffordshire 1661–1679.
He is mentioned in the diary of Samuel Pepys for 1664–5.
He died at Greenwich aged 72, and was buried on 14 April 1683 at Stow Church, Lichfield. He was succeeded by his son Michael, and his brother Michael was also MP for Lichfield.
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Sir Theophilus Biddulph, 1st Baronet was born in 1612 in Greenwich.
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Sir Theophilus Biddulph, 1st Baronet died on 25 March 1683 in Greenwich.
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