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Thomas Armeston

1606 – 1685

English politician

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About Thomas Armeston

Lived 1606 – 1685 (aged 78–79). Thomas Armeston was an English politician.

Thomas Armeston (ca. 1606 – 1685) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660.

Armeston was the son of Thomas Armeston (died 1640) of Burbage and his wife Anne Replingham, daughter of Edward Replingham of Warwickshire. He became an apothecary in London where he traded at the sign of the Grasshopper in Cheapside until he succeeded to the family estates on the death of his brother in 1651. He was commissioner for militia for Leicestershire from March 1660. In April 1660, he became a freeman of Leicester and was elected Member of Parliament for Leicester in the Convention Parliament. He was commissioner for assessment for Leicestershire from August 1660 to 1669. He was Sheriff of Leicestershire from 1662 to 1663.

Armeston died unmarried at the age of about 78 as his will was proved in May 1685.

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Born
1606
Birth century
Died
1685
Occupation
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Positions held
Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, High Sheriff of Leicestershire, Member of the April 1660 Parliament

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English politician

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Thomas Armeston was born in 1606.

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Thomas Armeston died in 1685.

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Thomas Armeston was a politician.

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Thomas Armeston was English.

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· Wikipedia: Thomas Armeston

· Wikidata: Q11802171

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