Thomas Bennett (MP for Hindon)

Thomas Bennett (1620 – 1644) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1641 to 1644.

Bennett was the son of Thomas Bennett, of Pythouse, Wiltshire and his wife Meliora, daughter of Richard and Ann Thomas, of Sedgehill, Wiltshire. He matriculated at Hart Hall, Oxford on 13 October 1637 aged 17.[1]

In 1641, Bennett was elected Member of Parliament for Hindon in the Long Parliament.[2] He was disabled from sitting in 1644 and died in the same year.

Bennet had fourteen siblings, including John Bennet (1625-1677), MP for Shaftesbury 1667-1677,[3] who was the father of Thomas Bennett, MP for Shaftesbury.[1]

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1. ^ a b 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Bennell-Bloye', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp. 106-141. Date accessed: 16 May 2011
2. ^ Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 229–239.
3. ^ "BENNETT, John (1625-77), of Motcombe, Dorset. | History of Parliament Online".

Parliament of England

Preceded by

Robert Reynolds
Sir Miles Fleetwood

|  Member of Parliament for Hindon
1641–1644
With:  Robert Reynolds | Succeeded by

Robert Reynolds