WHARTON, Sir Thomas (c.1615-84), of Edlington, Yorks.

Family and Education

b. c. 1615, 2nd s. of Sir Thomas Wharton of Aske by Lady Philadelphia Carey, da. of Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth. educ. Eton 1624-5; Exeter, Oxf. matric. 3 Mar. 1626, aged 11; travelled abroad (France) 1629-32; L. Inn 1638. m. (1) 1645, his cos. Lady Mary Carey (d. June 1672), da. of Henry Carey, 1st Earl of Dover, 1s. 3da.; (2) lic. 20 Apr. 1677, Jane, da. of Rowland Dand of Mansfield Woodhouse, Notts., wid. of Leonard Robinson of Ravensworth, Yorks., 2da. KB 2 Feb. 1626.E. R. Wharton, Whartons of Wharton Hall, 30; CSP Dom. 1629-31, p. 52; Notts. Mar. Lic. (Index Lib. lviii), 272, 304.

Offices Held

Lt.-col. of ft. [I] by 1640 – 44, capt. c. Nov. 1660–3.Rushworth, Hist. Colls. iv. 555; HMC Ormonde, i. 142, 245, 293; CSP Ire. Add. 1625–70, p. 384.

J.p. Westmld. and Yorks. (N. Riding) Mar. 1660 – d.; commr. for militia, Lincs. and Westmld. Mar. 1660, assessment (W. Riding) 1663 – 80, recusants, Westmld. and N. Riding 1675; dep. lt. (W. Riding) 1680–d.CSP Dom. 1679–80, p. 406.

Warden of the Mint 1680–d.Sir John Craig, The Mint, 172.

MP [I] 1639 – 40.

Parlimentarian

WHARTON, Sir Thomas (c.1615-84), of Edlington, Yorks.

Main residence: Edlington, Yorks.

Author

M.W.H.

L.N.

E.C.

Volume

Commons 1660-1690

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