Family and Education
b. 24 Sept. 1677, 1st and o. surv. s. of William Hanmer of Bettisfield Park (2nd s. of Sir Thomas Hanmer, 2nd Bt.†, of Hanmer, Flints. and Bettisfield) by Peregrina, da. of Sir Henry North, 1st Bt.†, of Mildenhall. educ. Bury St. Edmunds g.s.; Westminster; Christ Church, Oxf. matric. 1693; Camb. Univ. LL.D. 1705. m. (1) lic. 14 Oct. 1698, Lady Isabella (d. 1723), suo jure Countess of Arlington, da. and h. of Henry Bennet†, 1st Earl of Arlington, wid. of Henry Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Grafton, s.p.; (2) 23 Feb. 1725, Elizabeth (d. 1741), da. and h. of Thomas Folkes of Barton, Suff., s.p. suc. fa. 1695; uncle Sir Henry North, 2nd Bt.†, at Mildenhall 1695; uncle Sir John Hanmer, 3rd Bt.†, as 4th Bt. c.Aug. 1701. HMC Ormonde, n.s. viii. 333–4; Bury St. Edmunds G.S. List (Suff. Green Bks. xiii), 178; The Gen. n.s. vi. 182; Hervey Diary, 86; CSP Dom. 1700–2, p. 512.
Offices Held
Keeper of King’s game, N. Wales 1702; conservator, Bedford level 1710–aft.1725.
Freeman, Bury St. Edmunds 1705.
Speaker of the House of Commons 1714–15.
Main residences: Pall Mall, Westminster; Bettisfield Park, Flints.; Mildenhall, Suff.
Volume
Commons 1690-1715
Web Title
HANMER, Thomas II (1677-1746)
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