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Thomas Bludder

1596 – 1655

English politician

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About Thomas Bludder

Lived 1596 – 1655 (aged 58–59). Thomas Bludder was a politician.

Sir Thomas Bludder (died 29 September 1655) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1621 and 1640.

Background Bludder was the son of Sir Thomas Bludder of Flanchford Reigate, and his wife Mary Herries, the daughter of Christopher Herries, of Shenfield, Margaretting, Essex. His father was a commissioner of the Victualling Office. He matriculated at Christ's College, Cambridge, in 1614 and graduated BA in 1617. He was admitted to the Inner Temple in 1616 and was knighted in 1618.

In 1621 Bludder was elected Member of Parliament for Gatton. He was elected Member for Reigate in 1624, 1625, 1626 and 1628. He sat until 1629, after which King Charles ruled without Parliament for eleven years. From 1627 to 1628 he was Surveyor of the Ordnance, a Crown appointment. He lodged in Covent Garden.

In April 1640, Bludder was again elected Member for Reigate in the Short Parliament. He was a benefactor of Christ's College.

Bludder died in 1655 and was commemorated by a tablet over the vestry door of the church of .

Bludder married three times. His third wife who survived him was Elizabeth Bret daughter of Robert Bret.

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Born
1596
Birth century
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Positions held
Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, Member of the 1624-25 Parliament, Member of the 1625 Parliament, Member of the 1626 Parliament

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English politician

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Thomas Bludder died on 29 September 1655.

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Thomas Bludder was a politician.

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· Wikipedia: Thomas Bludder

· Wikidata: Q7787713

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