FELTON, Thomas (1649-1709), of Whitehall, Westminster and Playford, Suff.

Family and Education

bap. 12 Oct. 1649, 6th but 2nd surv. s. of Sir Henry Felton, 2nd Bt.†, of Playford; bro. of Sir Adam Felton, 3rd Bt.*; m. ?(1) lic. 1 Feb. 1677, Elizabeth King of Down Ampney, Glos., s.p.; (2) Lady Elizabeth Howard (d. 1681), da. and coh. of James, 3rd Earl of Suffolk, 1da. suc. bro. as 4th Bt. 9 Feb. 1697. Nottingham Univ. Lib. Portland (Bentinck) mss, Thomas Tollemache to Felton, 29 Apr. [1693]; Hervey Diary, 48; Hervey Letter Bks. i. 240–1; Procs. Suff. Inst. Arch. iv. 55; Add. 19129, ff. 128–9, 148; London Mar. Lic. ed. Foster, 479; Wood, Life and Times, ii. 561.

Offices Held

Page of honour 1665– Mar. 1671; groom of the bedchamber Mar. 1671–by 16 May 1679; master of the hawks (apptd. for life) 1675–1703; master of the Household 1689– Nov. 1708, comptroller Nov. 1708–d. Cal. Treas. Bks. i. 669; iii. 1199; iv. 752; ix. 949; xviii. 263, 328; CSP Dom. 1672, p. 662; 1678, p. 299; 1684–5, p. 275; Boyer, Anne Annals, vii. 244; R.O. Bucholz, Augustan Court, 262.

Asst. Mines Adventurers’ Co. 1693. Sel. Charters, 239.

Parlimentarian

FELTON, Thomas (1649-1709), of Whitehall, Westminster and Playford, Suff.

Main residences: Whitehall, Westminster; Playford, Suff.

Author

D.W.H.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

FELTON, Thomas (1649-1709)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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