Thomas Bellingham
(died 1721)
About Thomas Bellingham
Thomas Bellingham (1644 or 1645 – 15 September 1721) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and politician.
Bellingham was the son of Henry Bellingham and Lucy Sibthorpe. He was educated at the cathedral school of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin before entering Trinity College Dublin on 16 February 1660.
Following the conclusion of the Williamite War in Ireland, Bellingham was elected as a Member of Parliament for County Louth in the Irish House of Commons, sitting between 1692 and 1713.
He rebuilt the family home of Bellingham Castle in the Dutch style in the 1690s. He kept a campaign diary for the period 28 August 1689 to 12 September 1690, which was edited and published by Anthony Hewitson as the Diary of Thomas Bellingham, an officer under William III (1908).
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(died 1721)
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Thomas Bellingham died on 15 September 1721.
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