Thomas Luttrell (1584–1644) of Dunster Castle, British (English) School, National Trust, Dunster Castle collection. Donated in 1981 by Lieutenant-Colonel Geoffrey Walter Fownes Luttrell (1919–2007)

Thomas Luttrell (1583–1644) was an English politician from Dunster Castle in Somerset. In 1625 he sat in the Useless Parliament as a Member of Parliament (MP) for his family's pocket borough of Minehead.[1]

Thomas Luttrell was the oldest son of George Luttrell of Dunster Castle and was baptized on 26 Feb 1583.[2] He was educated at Lincoln College, Oxford and at Lincoln's Inn.[1] He had inherited seven manors in north-west Somerset, and held numerous public offices in the county including Deputy Lieutenant from 1629 to at least 1640, and Sheriff in 1631–32.[1]

Thomas Luttrell married Jane Popham, daughter of Sir Francis Popham and his wife Ann Dudley, on 15 May 1621 in Stoke Newington St Mary Parish, Hackney District, Middlesex, England.[3]

Their children:

  1. George Luttrell, died 1655.
  2. Alexander Luttrell, baptized 01 Mar 1622.[4]
  3. Thomas Luttrell, baptized 08 Mar 1627, died 2 Apr 1627.[5]
  4. Francis Luttrell, baptized 01 Nov 1628, buried 14 Mar 1665.[5]
  5. Amye Luttrell, baptized 26 Jun 1629.[5][2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Yerby, George; Hunneyball, Paul (2010). Andrew Thrush; John P. Ferris (eds.). "LUTTRELL, Thomas (1583–1644), of Dunster Castle, Somerset, England". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690–1715. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  2. 1 2 Somerset Heritage Service, Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1531-1812 (Taunton, Somerset, England), Reference Number: D\P\du/2/1/1.
  3. ↑ London, England, Extracted Church of England Parish Records (London, England, London Metropolitan Archives), Reference Number: P94/MRY/001.
  4. ↑ England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 (Salt Lake City, Utah, Family Search, 2013).
  5. 1 2 3 Lyte, Henry Churchill Maxwell, Sir, (1848-1940), A History of Dunster and of the Families of Mohun & Luttrell (London, England, The St. Catherine Press Ltd., 1909), Volume 1, Page 184.


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