Thomas Meredith (MP for Kent)
Thomas Meredith (after 1666 – 11 July 1701) was an English Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons of England in 1701.[1]
Thomas Meredith was the son of Sir Richard Meredith, 2nd Baronet, of Leeds Abbey, Kent, and his wife Susanna, daughter of Philip Skippon.[2] He was educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge [3] and entered Inner Temple in 1683. In 1689 he became a J.P. for Kent.[2]
Meredith was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Kent in an uncontested election in January 1701.[2] He was a Whig and presented the Kentish Petition to the house in March. Although apparently in good health, he sickened when he went to the country during the recess in August[2] and died in London.[4]
References
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 1)
- David Hayton, Eveline Cruickshanks, Stuart Handley The House of Commons, 1690-1715, Volume 1
- "Meredith, Thomas (MRDT682T)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- Newspaper Abstracts - Death Notices and Memoriams
| Parliament of England | ||
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| Preceded by Sir James Oxenden, Bt Sir Stephen Lennard, Bt |
Member of Parliament for Kent January–July 1701 With: Sir Thomas Hales, Bt |
Succeeded by Sir Thomas Hales, Bt William Campion |
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