About Thomas Burgess
Lived 1540 – 1623 (aged 82–83). Thomas Burgess was an alderman and politician.
Thomas Burgess (ca. 1540 – 13 August 1623), of Truro in Cornwall, was an English merchant, and was Mayor of Truro in 1589 and an alderman of the town at the time its coat of arms was confirmed in 1620. He was Member of Parliament for Truro in the Parliament of 1604–1611.
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English politician
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Thomas Burgess was born in 1540.
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Thomas Burgess died in 1623.
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Thomas Burgess was an alderman and politician.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Thomas Burgess. https://biography.guide/thomas-burgess-alderman/
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