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Thomas Holt

1616 – 1686

English politician

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Lived 1616 – 1686 (aged 69–70). Thomas Holt was a politician.

Sir Thomas Holt (1616 – 28 July 1686) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1654 and 1656.

Holt was the son of Rowland Holt, merchant of London, and his wife Mary Bucknor, daughter of Thomas Bucknor of London. He matriculated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford on 23 November 1632, aged 16. He was called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1648. He became recorder of Abingdon.

In 1654, Holt was elected Member of Parliament for Abingdon for the First Protectorate Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Abingdon in 1656 for the Second Protectorate Parliament.

Holt was a J.P. for Berkshire. They had children John who became Lord Chief Justice, Rowland, Mary, who married Edward Leman, son of Sir William Leman, 1st Baronet and Susan who married Francis Levett.

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Born
1616
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Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, Member of the Second Protectorate Parliament, Member of the First Protectorate Parliament
Also known as
Sir Thomas Holt

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English politician (1616-1686)

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Thomas Holt was born in 1616.

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Thomas Holt died on 28 July 1686.

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Thomas Holt was a politician.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Thomas Holt

· Wikidata: Q7790775

· DBpedia: Thomas Holt (Serjeant-at-Law)

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