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Sir Thomas Roberts, 4th Baronet

1658 – 1706

English politician

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Lived 1658 – 1706 (aged 47). Sir Thomas Roberts, 4th Baronet was a politician.

Sir Thomas Roberts, 4th Baronet (2 December 1658 – 20 November 1706) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1691 and 1702.

Roberts was the son of Sir Howland Roberts, 3rd Baronet of Glassenbury, Kent and his wife Bridget Jocelyn daughter of Sir Robert Jocelyn of Hyde Hall, Sawbridgeworth. He succeeded his father in the baronetcy in infancy on 30 November 1661. He was educated by private tutor Rev. Thomas Brand who was one of the dissenting divines who found refuge at the house of his mother. He then went to St Catharine's College, Cambridge. He was sympathetic to Dissenters and was a commissioner of the inquiry into recusancy fines in 1688. Also in 1688 he became a Deputy Lieutenant and J.P. He was elected MP for Maidstone on 17 July 1702 but his election was declared void on 8 December 1702. He contested Maidstone unsuccessfully in 1704.

Roberts married Jane Beale, daughter of Sir John Beale, 1st Baronet on 31 May 1683.

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St Catharine's College
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Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, Member of the 1690-95 Parliament, Member of the 1702-05 Parliament
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Who was Sir Thomas Roberts, 4th Baronet?

English politician (1658-1706)

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Sir Thomas Roberts, 4th Baronet was born on 2 December 1658.

When did Sir Thomas Roberts, 4th Baronet die?

Sir Thomas Roberts, 4th Baronet died on 20 November 1706.

What was Sir Thomas Roberts, 4th Baronet's occupation?

Sir Thomas Roberts, 4th Baronet was a politician.

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· Wikipedia: Sir Thomas Roberts, 4th Baronet

· Wikidata: Q7529250

· DBpedia: Sir Thomas Roberts, 4th Baronet

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